Leonard Fisher

The Rt Rev Leonard Noel Fisher, DD (14 December 1881 – 14 July 1963) was an eminent[1] Anglican Bishop in the second quarter of the twentieth century.[2]

Not to be confused with Leonard Everett Fisher (1924-) an American artist best known for illustrating children's books.

He was educated at Oakham School and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge[3] and ordained in 1905. His first post was as a Curate at St Paul’s, Hull[4] after which he was Sub-Warden of St Paul’s Theological College, Grahamstown. Later he was a temporary World War I Chaplain[5] and then held incumbencies at St Nicholas, Hull and St Matthew Grangetown.[6] In 1921 he was elevated to the Episcopate as Bishop of Lebombo. Translated to Natal[7] in 1928,[8] he served the Diocese until 1951.[9]

His brother, Geoffrey,was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1945 until 1961.[10] In 1949,Leonard almost became the second archbishop in the family when he was narrowly defeated in the election for Archbishop of Cape Town by Geoffrey Clayton[11]

Notes
  1. National Archives
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP, 1941
  3. "Fisher, Rt Rev. Leonard Noel". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
  4. Genuki
  5. "No. 30097". The London Gazette (Supplement). 26 May 1917. p. 5211.
  6. "Rt. Rev. L. N. Fisher Former Bishop Of Natal". The Times (55747). London. 8 July 1963. col E.
  7. Anon. "Database of Manuscripts and Archives". Lambeth Palace Library Catalog. Church of England Record Centre. Retrieved 3 October 2013.
  8. "New Bishop Of Natal'". The Times (44918). London. 13 June 1928. col G.
  9. "The History of Michaelhouse". Archived from the original on 15 June 2009. Retrieved 1 November 2009.
  10. "News in Brief". The Times (51804). London. 23 September 1950. col C.
  11. see 'Apartheid and the Archbishop'by Alan Paton,Charles Scribner and Sons,1973,p172
Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded by
John Latimer Fuller		 Bishop of Lebombo
1921 – 1928		 Succeeded by
Basil William Peacey
Preceded by
Frederick Samuel Baines		 Bishop of Natal
and Dean
1928 – 1951		 Succeeded by
Thomas George Vernon Inman
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