Kenneth Sansbury
The Right Reverend Kenneth Sansbury | |
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Bishop of Singapore | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Singapore and Malaya |
In office | 1961 to 1966 |
Predecessor | Henry Baines |
Successor | Chiu Ban It |
Other post(s) | Warden of St Augustine's College, Canterbury (1952–1961) Warden of Lincoln Theological College (1945–1952) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1929 |
Consecration | 1961 |
Personal details | |
Born | Cyril Kenneth Sansbury (1905-01-21)21 January 1905 |
Died | 25 August 1993(1993-08-25) (aged 88) |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Cyril Kenneth Sansbury (21 January 1905 – 25 August 1993[1]) was an Anglican bishop in the second half of the 20th century.[2]
Early life and education
Sansbury was educated at St Paul's School, London and Peterhouse, Cambridge.[3]
Ordained ministry
Sansbury trained for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge and was ordained deacon in 1928 and priest in 1929.[4] His first posts were curacies at Dulwich Common and Wimbledon.
From 1932 Sansbury worked as an SPG Missionary at Numazu, Japan serving in various churches of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai. in 1934 he was appointed Professor at the Central Theological College, Tokyo.[5] In 1938 British Ambassador Sir Robert Craigie appointed Sansbury as Embassy Chaplain. Until the outbreak of hostilities in 1941 Sansbury also served as chaplain to the British congregation at St. Andrew's Church, Tokyo.
After repatriation to Canada he became a World War II chaplain in the RCAF then Warden of Lincoln Theological College until 1952. From 1952 to 1961 he held a similar post at St Augustine's College, Canterbury when he was ordained to the episcopate[6] as Bishop of Singapore.[7] Returning to London in 1966 he was an assistant bishop and General Secretary of the British Council of Churches until 1973. His last post was as priest in charge of St Mary in the Marsh, Norwich.
References
- ^ Independent Obituary
- ^ Bishops of Singapore
- ^ "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ Webster, Alan (27 August 1993). "Obituary: The Right Rev Kenneth Sansbury". The Independent. Retrieved 27 November 2014.
- ^ "Diocese of West Malaysia". Archived from the original on 2010-12-04. Retrieved 2010-08-01.
- ^ Mekong Messenger
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Preceded by Henry Wolfe Baines | Bishop of Singapore 1961 – 1966 | Succeeded by |
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- Walter Chambers, Bishop of Labuan, Sarawak and Singapore
- George Hose, Bishop of Labuan, Sarawak and Singapore
- Charles Ferguson-Davie
- Basil Roberts
- Leonard Wilson
- Henry Baines
- Kenneth Sansbury
- Chiu Ban It
- Moses Tay
- John Chew
- Rennis Ponniah
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