The Right Reverend Arthur Lea (1868 – January 19, 1958) was a Canadian Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Kyushu. A graduate of

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, his mission work for the

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started in

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in 1897 where he established a pioneering school for the blind. He was consecrated Bishop of Kyushu, an Anglican diocese supported by the

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in 1909. His daughter, Leonora Lea, was an SPG sponsored educational missionary in

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Glimpses of Missionary Work in the Diocese of South Japan (Kyushu)
by Arthur Lea 1868 births 1958 deaths Anglican missionaries in Japan Anglican bishops of Kyushu 20th-century Anglican bishops in Asia {{Canada-Anglican-bishop-stub