Leslie Wilfrid Brown
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The Rt Rev
Leslie Wilfrid Brown, CBE
was Bishop
then Archbishop
of Uganda
before returning to England
to be Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich .
Born on 10 June 1912 he was educated at Enfield Grammar School
before studying for ordination at the London College of Divinity . After a curacy
at St James, Milton, Portsmouth
he went out to the diocese of Travancore and Cochin on the Malabar coast of India in January 1938, working there for the Church Missionary Society, and eventually becoming Principal
of the Kerala United Theological Seminary
. In 1952 he accepted the post of Bishop of Uganda, despite having doubts because of his support for indigenisation . He was to serve as a bishop in total for 25 years, first as Bishop of Uganda until 1963, bridging the period of Ugandan independence, then as the first Archbishop of the province of Uganda, until 1965, when he returned to England. There he became first an assistant bishop in the diocese of Oxford and in 1966 Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
His lasting contribution is reckoned to be in the field of liturgy, first as a member of the liturgy committee of the Church of South India, which in 1950 produced the influential CSI Liturgy, then working on A Liturgy for Africa, produced in 1964, and also corresponding with the Church of England's Liturgical Commission.
A noted author, his history The Indian Christians of St Thomas, was described at the time of his death as "a classic textbook".. He died on 27 December 1999 .
Right Reverend
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Leslie Wilfrid Brown, CBE
Order of the British Empire
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was Bishop
Bishop
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then Archbishop
Archbishop
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of Uganda
Uganda
Uganda , officially the Republic of Uganda, is a landlocked country in East Africa. Uganda is also known as the "Pearl of Africa". It is bordered on the east by Kenya, on the north by South Sudan, on the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the southwest by Rwanda, and on the south by...
before returning to England
England
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to be Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich .
Born on 10 June 1912 he was educated at Enfield Grammar School
Enfield Grammar School
Enfield Grammar School is a boys' comprehensive school in Enfield Town in the London Borough of Enfield in north London.-History:Enfield Grammar School was founded on the 25th. May 1558...
before studying for ordination at the London College of Divinity . After a curacy
Curate
A curate is a person who is invested with the care or cure of souls of a parish. In this sense "curate" correctly means a parish priest but in English-speaking countries a curate is an assistant to the parish priest...
at St James, Milton, Portsmouth
Milton, Portsmouth
Milton is a primarily residential area of the city of Portsmouth, a unitary authority formerly in the English county of Hampshire. The area is located on the south eastern side of Portsea Island and is bordered on the east by Langstone Harbour...
he went out to the diocese of Travancore and Cochin on the Malabar coast of India in January 1938, working there for the Church Missionary Society, and eventually becoming Principal
Dean (education)
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of the Kerala United Theological Seminary
Kerala United Theological Seminary
Kerala United Theological Seminary is run by the Church of South India with an ecumenical outlook. It was founded in 1943, and is affiliated to the Senate of Serampore College , West Bengal. KUTS is located in Kannammoola in Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.-Courses offered:KUTS offers the degrees of...
. In 1952 he accepted the post of Bishop of Uganda, despite having doubts because of his support for indigenisation . He was to serve as a bishop in total for 25 years, first as Bishop of Uganda until 1963, bridging the period of Ugandan independence, then as the first Archbishop of the province of Uganda, until 1965, when he returned to England. There he became first an assistant bishop in the diocese of Oxford and in 1966 Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
His lasting contribution is reckoned to be in the field of liturgy, first as a member of the liturgy committee of the Church of South India, which in 1950 produced the influential CSI Liturgy, then working on A Liturgy for Africa, produced in 1964, and also corresponding with the Church of England's Liturgical Commission.
A noted author, his history The Indian Christians of St Thomas, was described at the time of his death as "a classic textbook".. He died on 27 December 1999 .