The Rt Rev Anselm Genders, CR

Community of the Resurrection

The Community of the Resurrection is an Anglican religious community for men. It was founded in 1892 by Charles Gore with Walter Howard Frere and four others....

was Bishop of Bermuda

Bishop of Bermuda

The Bishop of Bermuda is an episcopal title given to the ordinary of the Anglican Church of Bermuda, one of six extra-provincial Anglican churches within the Church of England overseen by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The present Bishop is the Right Reverend Patrick White. His predecessors were-...

 from 1977 until 1982. Born on August 15, 1919 and educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Birmingham

King Edward's School, Birmingham

King Edward's School is an independent secondary school in Birmingham, England, founded by King Edward VI in 1552. It is part of the Foundation of the Schools of King Edward VI in Birmingham, and is widely regarded as one of the most academically successful schools in the country, according to...

 and Brasenose College, Oxford

Brasenose College, Oxford

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 during which time his studies were interrupted by wartime service with the RNVR.

After graduation he taught briefly at Dame Allan's School (where he succeeded South African theologian John Suggitt) and then began a long association with the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield

College of the Resurrection

The College of the Resurrection, popularly known as Mirfield, is an Anglo-Catholic theological college of the Church of England at Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England, founded in 1903. The college has close links to the Community of the Resurrection...

, becoming a monk

Monk

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 in 1952. In 1955 he was sent as a tutor to Codrington College

Codrington College

Codrington College is an Anglican theological college in St. John, Barbados. It was founded by Christopher Codrington, who after his death in 1710 left portions of his 'estates' - two slave labour plantations on Barbados and areas of Barbuda - to the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in...

, Barbados

Barbados

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eventually rising to the rank of Principal

Dean (education)

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. A decade later he was sent to what was then Rhodesia

Zimbabwe

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, working first in Penhalonga

Penhalonga

Penhalonga is a village in the province of Manicaland, Zimbabwe located 18 km north of Mutare in a valley where the Sambi and Imbeza Rivers meet the Mutare River. According to the 1982 Population Census, the village had a population of 4,477. Ancient gold workings have been found in the area....

 before being appointed Archdeacon

Archdeacon

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 of Manicaland

Manicaland

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.

In 1977 the Archbishop of Canterbury asked him take up the Bermudan

Anglican Church of Bermuda

The Anglican Church of Bermuda consists of twelve parishes and is a part of the Anglican Communion, though part of no ecclesiastical province. Currently, the Rt Rev Patrick White oversees the Island's ministry....

 Bishopric

Diocese

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 vacated by the death of Robert Stopford

Robert Stopford

Robert Wright Stopford KCVO CBE PC was a British clergyman.-Early life and career:He was born in Garston, Liverpool and educated at Coatham School in Redcar and Liverpool College, where he was Head of House . He continued his education at Hertford College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master...

. Five turbulent years later he returned to Mirfield

College of the Resurrection

The College of the Resurrection, popularly known as Mirfield, is an Anglo-Catholic theological college of the Church of England at Mirfield, West Yorkshire, England, founded in 1903. The college has close links to the Community of the Resurrection...

 where he remained for a further 26 years until his death on 19 June 2008.

See also

• Anglican Church of Bermuda
  Anglican Church of Bermuda
  The Anglican Church of Bermuda consists of twelve parishes and is a part of the Anglican Communion, though part of no ecclesiastical province. Currently, the Rt Rev Patrick White oversees the Island's ministry....