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{{short description|Anglican bishop in Nigeria}}

{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Bishop
| name = Leslie Gordon Vining
| title = Archbishop of West Africa
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| church = [[Anglican]]
| archdiocese =
| diocese =
| see = Diocese of [[West Africa]]
| term = 1951 – 1955
| predecessor =
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| ordination = 1911
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| consecration = 1938
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| birth_date = 5 February 1885
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| death_date = {{dda|1955|||1885|2|5|df=y}}
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| previous_post = [[Church of Nigeria|Bishop of Lagos]]<br />Assistant Bishop on the Niger
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'''Leslie Gordon Vining''' [[CBE]], (1885{{snd}}4 March 1955) was an English [[Anglican]] bishop and the first [[Archbishop]] of the [[Church of the Province of West Africa]], from 1951 to 1955.

==Life==
He attended [[Emmanuel College, Cambridge]] and completed his studies in 1910. He was made deacon at [[Michaelmas]] (24 September) 1911, by [[Handley Moule]], [[Bishop of Durham]], at [[Auckland Castle]] Chapel.<ref>{{Church Times | title = The Ordinations. On Sunday Last. | archive = 1911_09_29_379 | issue = 2540 | date = 29 September 1911 | page = 379 | accessed = 7 March 2021 }}</ref> He started out as an assistant [[curate]] at St. Gabriel's, Bishopwearmouth<ref>"Ecclesiastical News." Times [London, England] 19 July 1938: 10. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 Mar. 2016</ref> and later became chaplain to British forces during World War I. After the war, he was the [[Vicar]] of St. Alban's, [[Westbury Park, Bristol]] in 1918. He was at the post for the next 20 years.

In 1938, he was migrated to [[Nigeria]] as an Assistant Bishop on the Niger succeeding [[Morris Gelsthorpe]]. He was consecrated a bishop on [[All Saints' Day]] (17 November) 1938, by [[Cosmo Lang]], [[Archbishop of Canterbury]], at [[Westminster Abbey]].<ref>{{Church Times | title = Bishops for Ceylon and Africa. Consecration in Westminster Abbey. | archive = 1938_11_04_506 | issue = 3954 | date = 4 November 1938 | page = 506 | accessed = 7 March 2021 }}</ref> Vining was appointed the [[Bishop of Lagos]] in 1940 after the resignation of [[Melville Jones (bishop)|Melville Jones]]<ref>"Ecclesiastical News." Times [London, England] 1 Feb. 1940: 11. The Times Digital Archive. Web. 1 Mar. 201</ref> in September 1940;<ref>{{Church Times | title = New Bishop of Lagos | archive = 1940_02_01_087 | issue = 4019 | date = 1 February 1940 | page = 87 | accessed = 7 March 2021 }}</ref> he returned to England for part of that year.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Church News. Personal. | archive = 1940_06_14_433 | issue = 4038 | date = 14 June 1940 | page = 433 | accessed = 7 March 2021 }}</ref> While in Nigeria, he established a training school for religious teachers. He also tried to be a bridge builder, reaching out to the Lagos Islamic community.

He was elected the first Archbishop of the newly created [[Church of the Province of West Africa]] (remaining diocesan Bishop of Lagos), on the afternoon of the province's inauguration on 17 April 1951; he was duly enthroned as such that evening.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Dr Fisher visits West Africa. Inauguration of new province. | archive = 1951_04_20_261 | issue = 4062 | date = 20 April 1951 | page = 261 | accessed = 7 March 2021 }}</ref> He was still in both posts when he died<ref>{{Church Times | title = Obituary: Leslie Gordon Vining | archive = 1955_03_11_017 | issue = 4805 | date = 11 March 1955 | page = 17 | accessed = 7 March 2021 }}</ref> at sea on his way to England on 4 March 1955. He was buried in [[Freetown]], [[Sierra Leone]].<ref>Gerald Harry Anderson. Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing, 1999. p 705. {{ISBN|0-8028-4680-7}}</ref><ref>[http://www.dioceseoflagos.org/?/page/bishop-leslie-gordon-vining/ Bishop Leslie Gordon Vining Biography at the Diocese of Lagos Official Website]</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://www.dioceseoflagos.org/?/page/bishop-leslie-gordon-vining/ Leslie Vining Biography at the Diocese of Lagos Official Website]

{{Archbishops of West Africa}}

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