John Latimer Fuller (1870 – 1950) was an
Anglican
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bishop, the second
Bishop of Lebombo from 1913 until 1920.
John Latimer Fuller was educated at
Emmanuel College, Cambridge
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, and ordained in 1893. Emigrating to South Africa in 1902 he was in charge of the Rand Native Mission, and then
Archdeacon
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of the
Northern Transvaal
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, before his elevation to the
episcopate
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in 1913.
Retiring as bishop of Lebombo in 1920, he was
rector of
Christ Church, Polokwane
Christ Church is a parish in the Anglican Diocese of St Mark the Evangelist, which falls under the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It is the only Anglican church in Polokwane (previously, Pietersburg). The church has a long and diverse histo ...
(in the then
), and later
chaplain
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to Khaiso School in Pietersburg before retiring in 1944.
He was known as Mafakudu, and is buried at Setotolwane Cemetery.
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1870 births
1950 deaths
20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops
Alumni of Emmanuel College, Cambridge
Anglican archdeacons in Africa
Anglican bishops of Lebombo
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