Moses Scott
Moses Nathanael Christopher Omobiala Scott CBE (18 August 1911 - 9 May 1988) was an Anglican bishop[1] of Sierra Leone who later became Archbishop of West Africa.
Born on 18 August 1911 and educated at a CMS Grammar School and Fourah Bay College in Sierra Leone he was ordained in 1946.[2] He was a Curate at Lunsar then Priest in charge at Makeni. In 1950 he came to study at St John's College, Nottingham and after that was a Curate at Grappenhall, Cheshire from 1951 to 1953 and then the incumbent at Bo in his home country. Later he was Archdeacon of Bonthe before elevation to the Episcopate. In 1969 he became the province’s primate, retiring in 1981. He died on 9 May 1988.[3]
References
- ↑ ACC2
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory Oxford, OUP, 1947
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
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| Preceded by James Lawrence Cecil Horstead |
Bishop of Sierra Leone 1961 – 1981 |
Succeeded by Prince Thompson |
| Preceded by Cecil John Patterson |
Archbishop of West Africa 1969 – 1981 |
Succeeded by Ishmael Samuel Mills Le-Marie |
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