Oliver Green-Wilkinson
The Most Rev Francis Oliver Green-Wilkinson MC (7 May 1913 – 26 August 1970) was an eminent Anglican Archbishop in the third quarter of the 20th century.
He was born into a clerical family[1] and educated at Eton and Magdalen College, Oxford. After distinguished service with the King's Royal Rifle Corps, he was ordained deacon in 1946 and priest a year later. His first post was as a Curate at St Mary, Southampton,[2] after which he was on the staff of St Alban’s Cathedral, Pretoria [3] until his elevation to the episcopate as the 4th Bishop of Northern Rhodesia in 1951. After eleven years he was additionally elected Archbishop of Central Africa. A fierce opponent of apartheid and naturalized Zambian, he was killed in a car crash.[4]
Notes
- ↑ His father was the Rev Lumley Green Wilkinson > “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- ↑ Parish web-site
- ↑ (1981) Dictionary of South African Biography, Vol IV. Pretoria: Human Sciences Research Council. ISBN 0-409-09183-9
- ↑ The Times, Friday, Aug 28, 1970; pg. 8; Issue 57956; col G "Dr O. Greenwilkinson Archbishop of Central Africa" Obituary
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| Preceded by Robert Selby Taylor |
Bishop of Northern Rhodesia 1951–1970 |
Succeeded by Filemon Mataka as Bishop of Lusaka |
| Preceded by James Hughes |
Archbishop of Central Africa 1962–1970 |
Succeeded by Donald Arden |
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