Edward Francis Paget (188621 April 1971) was an eminent

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in the middle part of the 20th century. He was born in 1886 into a clerical family — his father was

Francis Paget Francis Paget (20 March 18512 August 1911) was an English theologian, author and the 33rd Bishop of Oxford. Life He was the second son of the noted surgeon James, and brother of Luke (sometime Bishop of Stepney and of Chester). He was edu ...

sometime

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—, educated at

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and

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, and

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in 1911. His first post was as a

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at St Frideswide's, Poplar after which he emigrated to Southern Africa. Initially

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of Benoni he was appointed to the colonial

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as the Bishop of Southern Rhodesia in 1925. The diocese was renamed to

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in 1952 when that of Matabeleland was divided from it; after thirty years as bishop, in 1955, he was additionally elected the inaugural Archbishop of Central Africa. He retired to Gillits in 1957, but came out of retirement to serve as

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of the Diocese of Johannesburg in late 1960 (the bishop, Ambrose Reeves, had suddenly been deported). A service of thanksgiving for his life was held on 24 May 1971 at the headquarters of the USPG in London. In 1956, a boarding house at Peterhouse Boys School in

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was named after him.

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1886 births People educated at Shrewsbury School Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford Anglican bishops of Harare and Mashonaland 20th-century Anglican bishops in Africa Anglican archbishops of Central Africa 20th-century Anglican archbishops 1971 deaths {{Africa-Anglican-bishop-stub