Frederick Andrew Amoore (6 June 1913 – 11 June 1996) was Bishop of Bloemfontein from 1967 to 1982. He was educated at the

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, and

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in 1937. He began his career with curacies in Clapham, England and

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. After this he was Rector of St Saviour's,

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. From 1950 to 1962 he was Dean of St Albans Cathedral,

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when he ascended to the

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.Wits Historical Papers
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1913 births Alumni of the University of Leeds Deans of Pretoria 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops Anglican bishops of Bloemfontein 1996 deaths {{UK-bishop-stub