Cecil Norgate
Template:Short description Cecil Richard Norgate (10 November 1921 – 7 October 2008) was the Anglican Bishop of Masasi from 1984 until 1992.[1]
His father was Cecil Francis Norgate, Rector of Great Casterton, near Stamford, Lincolnshire, from 1928 until his death in 1953. His mother died in 1928. He was educated at Stamford School and St Chad's College, Durham University where his study of Theology was interrupted by the war. After Second World War service with the Royal Navy, he was ordained in 1950. After a curacy at St Peter's Church, Wallsend,[2] he became a missionary priest with the Universities' Mission to Central Africa in Masasi, Tanganyika. After long service he became Bishop of the diocese after no suitable Tanzanian-born candidate could be identified and after retirement continued to live in Tanzania until his death.[3]
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- ↑ Obituary, The Daily Telegraph, 12 November 2008
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 Template:ISBN
- ↑ Church Times Obituary
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