Cecil Patterson

Cecil John Patterson CBE CMG[1] CFR (9 January 1908 – 11 April 1992) was an Anglican bishop in the mid part of the 20th century.

For the Canadian horticulturist, see Cecil Frederick Patterson. For the America karateka, see Cecil T. Patterson.

He was born in London, educated at St Paul's [2] and St Catharine's College, Cambridge and ordained in 1932.[3] He was a Curate at Holy Innocents, Kingsbury[4] and then a Missionary in south Nigeria before his appointment to the episcopate as Assistant Bishop (1942) then Bishop on the Niger (1945). He was ordained and consecrated a bishop by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral, on Candlemas (2 February) 1942.[5] In 1961 he became Archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa.[6]

He retired in 1969 and his grave is in Richmond Cemetery.[7] He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

References

1. London Gazette
2. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
4. Picture of church
5. "Candlemas at St. Paul's. Consecration of Bishops". Church Times (#). 6 February 1942. p. 87. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
6. National Archives
7. Richmond Cemetery Services