Wilfrid Parker

The Rt Rev Wilfrid Parker was a Colonial Anglican bishop in the first half of the 20th century.[1] He was born on 23 January 1883 son of the Hon. Cecil Thomas Parker and Rosamond Esther Harriett Longley. His grandfather on his father's side was Thomas Parker, 6th Earl of Macclesfield and his grandfather on his mother's side was Charles Longley, Archbishop of Canterbury.[2] He was educated at St. Andrew's College, Grahamstown,[3] Radley and Christ Church, Oxford.[4] Ordained in 1907,[5] his first post was as an Assistant Priest at the Christ Church Mission, Poplar. From 1909 to 1913 he was Domestic Chaplain to the Archbishop of York.[6] Later he was a chaplain to the Forces and when peace returned he became Vicar of St George's Johannesburg. From 1923 to 1931 he was Priest in Charge of the St Cyprian's Native Mission in the same city then Archdeacon and Director of Native Missions in the Diocese of Pretoria. He became Bishop of Pretoria in 1933[7] holding the post until his retirement in 1950. A Sub Prelate of the Order of Saint John of Jerusalem,[8] he died on 23 June 1966.[9]

The Rt Revd Wilfrid Parker
Bishop of Pretoria
Church	Anglican
Province	Southern Africa
Diocese	Pretoria
Installed	1933
Term ended	1950
Predecessor	Neville Stuart Talbot
Successor	Robert Selby Taylor
Personal details
Born	(1883-01-23)23 January 1883
Died	23 June 1966(1966-06-23) (aged 83)

Notes

1. National Archives
2. thePeerage.com
3. Poland 2008, p. 470.
4. "Parker, Rt Rev. Wilfrid". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
5. "The Clergy List" London, Kelly's, 1913
6. Church of England Record Society
7. Historical paers Wits
8. "No. 37632". The London Gazette. 28 June 1946. p. 3288.
9. "Obituary Rt. Rev. Wilfrid Parker". The Times. London. 24 June 1966. col G, p. 17.

• Poland, Marguerite (2008). The Boy in You: A Biography of St. Andrew's College, 1855-2005. Fernwood Press. ISBN 978-1-874950-86-8.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

External links

Portraits of Wilfrid Parker at the National Portrait Gallery, London

Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded by Neville Stuart Talbot	Bishop of Pretoria 1933 – 1950	Succeeded by Robert Selby Taylor