John Weeks (bishop)

John Wills Weeks (1799-1857) was the Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone [1] from 1855[2] until his death in Sierra Leone two years later.[3]

John Weeks was born in Dartmouth, Devon in 1799.[4] A CMS missionary in Sierra Leone from 1825 to 1844 when ill-health caused his return to England,[5] he became incumbent of St Thomas's Church and headmaster of Cranbrook School, Lambeth [6] until his appointment to the episcopate. He became a Doctor of Divinity (DD).[7] His wife Phoebe, from Bungay in Suffolk, died in 1866 and was buried in West Norwood.[8]

References

1. ”The book of dignities; containing lists of the official personages of the British Empire” Haydn,J.T: London, Moxon & Co, 1860
2. London Gazette of Friday, May 11 Morning Chronicle Saturday, May 12, 1855; Issue 27574
3. From the London Gazette of Tuesday, Aug. 18 The Times Wednesday, Aug 19, 1857; pg. 6; Issue 22763; col A
4. see census records at ancestry.co.uk
5. "CHURCH MISSIONARY SOCIETY ARCHIVE Section IV: Africa Missions Part 5: West Africa (Sierra Leone), 1820-1880". www.ampltd.co.uk. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
6. "The Wreck of the Admella". Daily Southern Cross. 1859-09-27. p. 1. Retrieved 2018-04-05.
7. “Registrum sacrum Anglicanum: an attempt to exhibit the course of episcopal succession in England ; from the records and chronicles of the church” Stubbs,W: Oxford, Clarendon Press, 1858
8. ancestry.co.uk

Church of England titles
Preceded by Owen Vidal	Bishop of Sierra Leone 1855–1857	Succeeded by John Bowen