Cecil Patterson
Cecil John Patterson CBE CMG[1] CFR (9 January 1908 – 11 April 1992) was an Anglican bishop in the mid part of the 20th century.
He was born in London, educated at St Paul's [2] and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. He trained for ordination at Bishops' College, Cheshunt[3] and was ordained deacon in 1931 and priest in 1932.[4] He was a Curate at Holy Innocents, Kingsbury[5] (1931-34) and then a Missionary in south Nigeria before his appointment to the episcopate as Assistant Bishop (1942) then Bishop on the Niger (1945). He was ordained and consecrated a bishop by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral, on Candlemas (2 February) 1942.[6] In 1961 he became Archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa.[7]
He retired in 1969 and his grave is in Richmond Cemetery.[8] He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).
References
- London Gazette
- “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p 741.
- Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- Picture of church
- "Candlemas at St. Paul's. Consecration of Bishops". Church Times (#). 6 February 1942. p. 87. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 April 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
- National Archives
- Richmond Cemetery Services
