Dennis Victor (died 7 January 1949) was the fifth bishop of Lebombo from 1936 until 1947. He was educated at

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and

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and ordained in 1906. His first post was as a

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at the Church of the Ascension, Victoria Docks after which he emigrated to

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to be a

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and then

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of its Teacher training college and finally (before his elevation to the

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University of the Witwatersrand
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References

People educated at Denstone College Anglican archdeacons in Africa Anglican bishops of Lebombo 1949 deaths Alumni of Hatfield College, Durham 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops {{Anglican-bishop-stub