David Leake
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Born to missionary parents serving in Argentina,[2] he was ordained in the Church of England and began his career with a curacy in Watford. He was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1959 (20 September)[3] and ordained a priest the Michaelmas following (25 September 1960), both times by Michael Gresford Jones, Bishop of St Albans, at St Albans Cathedral.[4]
In 1963 he went to South America where he served the Church as a Missionary eventually being appointed to the episcopate. He was ordained and consecrated a bishop on St Thomas' Day 1969 (21 December) to serve as Bishop in Northern Argentina, assistant bishop of the newly-erected Diocese of Paraguay and Northern Argentina.[5] As of 2013[update]Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters".,[6] in retirement he continues to serve the church as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Norwich.[7] and also serves as a consultant to the Argentine Bible Society specialising in the Toba language translation of the Toba (oeste) New Testament. On retirement he was awarded the honour of Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 New Year Honours.
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- ↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black Template:ISBN
- ↑ he was educated at St. Albans College in Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) and at The London College of Divinity SAMS newsletter
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- ↑ Diocese of Norwich (Archived 29 September 2011)
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