John Stopford (priest)
John Norman Stopford was an Anglican Archdeacon in Zimbabwe in the second half of the 20th century.[1]
Stopford was educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge and ordained in 1933. After a curacy in Crewe he was at the Wreningham Mission, Zimbabwe[2] from 1936 to 1939; Daramombe from 1939 to 1944; and Bulawayo from 1947 to 1954. He was Archdeacon of Matabeleland, and Chaplain to the Bishop of Matabeleland from 1954[3] to 1962.[4]
Notes[]
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1967-68 : London, OUP, 1968
- ^ Wreningham.org
- ^ Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Friday, Jul 23, 1954; pg. 8; Issue 52991
- ^ Crockfords (ibid)
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