Robert "Bob" Herbert Mize Jr. (4 February 1907 – 17 August 2000) was

Bishop of Damaraland The Diocese of Namibia is part of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa, which is itself part of the Anglican Communion. The diocese, which covers the whole country of Namibia, was originally known as the Diocese of Damaraland. Most of the Anglic ...

Southern Africa Southern Africa is the southernmost subregion of the African continent, south of the Congo and Tanzania. The physical location is the large part of Africa to the south of the extensive Congo River basin. Southern Africa is home to a number of ...

from 1960 to his expulsion in 1968. He was born on 4 February 1907 into an ecclesiastical family in

Emporia, Kansas Emporia is a city in and the county seat of Lyon County, Kansas, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 24,139. Emporia lies between Topeka and Wichita at the intersection of U.S. Route 50 with Interstates 335 ...

. His father Robert Herbert Mize Sr. was Missionary Bishop of Salina from 1921 to 1938. He was educated at the

University of Kansas The University of Kansas (KU) is a public research university with its main campus in Lawrence, Kansas, United States, and several satellite campuses, research and educational centers, medical centers, and classes across the state of Kansas. Tw ...

. After his ordination in 1932, he worked with disadvantaged boys at a mission in western Kansas. In 1945, he founded the St. Francis Boys Home at Ellsworth in the centre of the state, a position he held until his elevation to the

episcopate A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution. In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...

. A supporter of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament in the United States, he died on 17 August 2000 and is buried in Ellis County, Kansas.St Andrew’s cemetery, Buckey NW Township, Ellis Co, KS
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* 1907 births American educational theorists People from Emporia, Kansas University of Kansas alumni 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops Anglican bishops of Damaraland 2000 deaths People from Ellsworth, Kansas Scientists from Kansas {{AntiApartheid-activist-stub