Edward Paget (bishop)

Edward Francis Paget (1886 – 21 April 1971) was an eminent Anglican bishop in the middle part of the 20th century.^[1]

He was born in 1886 into a clerical family — his father was Francis Paget sometime Bishop of Oxford^[2] —, educated at Shrewsbury School and Christ Church, Oxford, and ordained in 1911. His first post was as a curate at St Frideswide's, Poplar^[3] after which he emigrated to Southern Africa. Initially Vicar of Benoni he was appointed to the colonial episcopate as the Bishop of Southern Rhodesia in 1925.^[4] The diocese was renamed to Mashonaland in 1952 when that of Matabeleland was divided from it; after thirty years as bishop, in 1955, he was additionally elected the inaugural Archbishop of Central Africa. He retired to Gillits in 1957, but came out of retirement to serve as Vicar-General of the Diocese of Johannesburg in late 1960 (the bishop, Ambrose Reeves, had suddenly been deported).^[5] A service of thanksgiving for his life was held on 24 May 1971 at the headquarters of the USPG in London.^[6] In 1956, a boarding house at Peterhouse Boys School in Marondera was named after him.^[7]

References

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1. His Times obituary described him as “the architect of the Church in Central Africa” Friday, 23 April 1971; p. 18; Issue 58154; col E Obituary: The Right Rev. E. F. Paget
2. Anon (1991). Who Was Who: A Cumulated Index 1897-1990. St. Martin's Press. ISBN 978-0-312-06817-2.
3. "Church History". Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 21 August 2008.
4. Geoffrey Gibbon (1973). Paget of Rhodesia: A Memoir of Edward, 5th Bishop of Mashonaland. Africana Book Society. ISBN 978-0-949973-05-4.
5. "Johannesburg has an episcopal Vicar-General". Church Times. No. 5097. 21 October 1960. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
6. The Times, Wednesday, 19 May 1971; p. 32; Issue 58176; col A
7. "Paget House".

Church of England titles
Preceded by Frederic Beaven	Bishop of Southern Rhodesia 1925–1952	Succeeded by himself as Bishop of Mashonaland
Preceded by himself as Bishop of Southern Rhodesia	Bishop of Mashonaland 1952–1957	Succeeded by Cecil Alderson
New title	Archbishop of Central Africa 1954–1956	Succeeded by James Hughes