Sidney Lavis

The Right Rev Sidney Warren Lavis DD (1873 – 1965)[1] was an eminent Anglican clergyman in the 20th century.[2]

He was born in 1873, educated at St Augustine's College, Canterbury[3] and ordained in 1899.[4] He was Rector of St Paul’s, Cape Town, then the area’s Archdeacon [5] before his appointment as Dean of Cape Town. In 1931 he was consecrated Coadjutor Bishop of Cape Town.

He died in July 1965.[6]

Notes

  1. Guild of all Souls
  2. Whale Cottage
  3. St Augustine's Cricket Club
  4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  5. “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  6. The Times, Thursday, Jul 15, 1965; pg. 14; Issue 56374; col D Bishop S. W. Lavis Social Reform In Cape Town
Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded by
Laurence Parsons
Dean of Cape Town
1928 1932
Succeeded by
John Brooke
Preceded by
James Okey Nash
Suffragan Bishop of Cape Town
1931 1957
Succeeded by
Roy Walter Frederick Cowdry
Preceded by
Oswald James Hogarth
Archdeacon of Cape Town
1932 1957
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