John Vincent
Anglican bishop of damaraland
Intro | Anglican bishop of damaraland | |
A.K.A. | John Dacre Vincent | |
A.K.A. | John Dacre Vincent | |
Places | Namibia | |
was | Priest | |
Work field | Religion | |
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Religion: | Anglicanism | |
Birth | 1 January 1894 | |
Death | 19 May 1960 (aged 66 years) |
The Rt Rev John Dacre Vincent MA MC and bar (1 January 1894 – 19 May 1960) was the Bishop of Damaraland from 1952 to 1960.
He was born on 1 January 1894, educated at Marlborough and St John's College, Oxford, and ordained in 1921 after World War I service with the Devonshire Regiment. He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Gillingham, Dorset and was then a Minor Canon at Bloemfontein Cathedral. After this he was Vicar of Longbridge Deverill in Wiltshire until 1937 when he returned to Bloemfontein as its Archdeacon, a position he held until his elevation to the Episcopate. He died on 19 May 1960.