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Bruce Evans (bishop)

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Bruce Evans
Bishop of Port Elizabeth
ChurchAnglican
DiocesePort Elizabeth
In office1975 – 1993
PredecessorPhilip Russell
SuccessorEric Pike
Orders
Ordination1957
Personal details
Born(1929-11-10)10 November 1929
Died25 August 1993(1993-08-25) (aged 63)
Port Elizabeth

Bruce Read Evans (1929 – 1993) was an Anglican bishop[1] and author in the 20th century.

He was educated at King Edward School, Johannesburg and the University of the Witwatersrand[2] and ordained in 1957.[3] He held curacies at Holy Trinity, Redhill, Surrey[4] and St Paul's, Portman Square. He was curate-in charge at St Luke's, Diep River, Cape. He held incumbencies at Christ Church, Kenilworth, Cape Town and St John's, Wynberg, Cape Town, before his ordination to the episcopate[5] as the second Bishop of Port Elizabeth. He died in post.

Published works

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Among other books, he wrote I Will Heal their Land, 1974; The Earth is the Lord’s, 1975; Facing the New Challenges, 1978; and The Church and the Alternative Society, 1979[6][citation needed]

Sources

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  1. ^ ":: The Anglican Diocese of Port Elizabeth - Parish Information ::". www.anglicandiocesepe.org.za. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory Lambeth, Church House, 1976, ISBN (invalid) 0108153674, alternate version: ISBN 0-19-200008-X, OCLC 25885092, OCLC 59162245.
  4. ^ "htnew". htnew. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  5. ^ "Historical Papers, Wits University". www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za. Retrieved 17 November 2017.
  6. ^ British Library website accessed 18:52 gmt 17 December 2010
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Bishop of Port Elizabeth
1975-1993
Succeeded by