Henry Parker (bishop)
Henry Perrott Parker | |
|---|---|
| former Diocese of Eastern Equatorial Africa | |
| Installed | 18 October 1886 |
| Term ended | 26 March 1888 |
| Predecessor | James Hannington |
| Successor | Alfred Tucker |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 September 1852 |
| Died | 26 March 1888 (aged 35) |
The
Life
Parker was educated privately in
MA in 1875.[3]
Parker went out as a missionary to
bishop of Mombasa came soon after (Bishop Hannington had been martyred October 29, 1885) and he sailed for Africa, landing in Frere Town (a colony of ex-slaves near Mombasa at a missionary headed by Alexander Mackay, that served as CMS headquarters in Central Africa) November 27, 1886.[4] He died of malaria while on a trip to Ussagara March 26, 1888.[3][5]
References
- ISSN 0361-5413
- ^ J. D. Mullins, The Wonderful story of Uganda, London, CMS, 1904
- ^ a b "Parker, Henry Perrott (PRKR871HP)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
- ^ ”Eighteen Years in Uganda East Africa” Tucker,A.R:London Edward Arnold, 1911
- ^ "The See Of Eastern Equatorial Africa" The Times Wednesday, May 02, 1888; pg. 11; Issue 32375; col G
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