Robert Selby Taylor
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Robert Selby Taylor OGS CBE (1 March 1909 – 23 April 1995)[1] was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.
Selby Taylor was educated at Harrow and St Catharine's College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1933,[2] his first post was a curacy at St Olave's Church, York. He then emigrated to Africa to become a Missionary Priest in the Diocese of Northern Rhodesia, rising to become principal of its diocesan theological college and then in 1951 bishop of the diocese.[3] Translated to Pretoria[4] a decade later and Grahamstown in 1959 he was appointed Archbishop of Cape Town in 1964. Ten years later he announced his retirement[5] but in 1979 he was petitioned to return to a part of his first diocese and serve as Bishop of Central Zambia.[6]
In 1983 he was honoured by The Queen (made a Commander of the Order of the British Empire) and in 1991, the Archbishop of Canterbury conferred on him the Lambeth Doctorate of Divinity to mark his fifty years of service in the episcopate.[6] A Sub Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died on 23 April 1995.[7] A Chair at the University of Cape Town is named in his honour[8] and in 2009 events were held to honour his centenary.[9] Many of his papers are stored at the University of the Witwatersrand.[10] He was a member of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd.
References
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- ↑ New Bishop of Pretoria, The Times, Tuesday, Oct 30, 1951; pg. 4; Issue 52145; col E
- ↑ Archbishop of Cape Town to retire The Times Tuesday, Mar 12, 1974; pg. 16; Issue 59036; col C
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- ↑ Ohio University Press
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- ↑ Wits Historical papers
External links
Portraits of Robert Selby Taylor at the National Portrait Gallery, London
Anglican Communion titles | ||
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Preceded by | Bishop of Northern Rhodesia 1941 – 1951 |
Succeeded by Francis Oliver Green-Wilkinson |
Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles | ||
Preceded by | Bishop of Pretoria 1951 – 1959 |
Succeeded by Edward George Knapp-Fisher |
Preceded by | Bishop of Grahamstown 1959 – 1964 |
Succeeded by Gordon Leslie Tindall |
Preceded by | Archbishop of Cape Town 1964 – 1974 |
Succeeded by Bill Bendyshe Burnett |
Anglican Communion titles | ||
Preceded by | Bishop of Central Zambia 1979– 1984 |
Succeeded by William Clement Hlanya Shaba |
- 1909 births
- 1995 deaths
- People from Cumberland
- People educated at Harrow School
- Alumni of St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon
- 20th-century Anglican bishops
- Bishops of Northern Rhodesia
- Bishops of Pretoria
- Bishops of Grahamstown
- 20th-century Anglican archbishops
- Archbishops of Cape Town
- Bishops of Central Zambia
- Holders of a Lambeth degree
- Commanders of the Order of the British Empire
- Sub-Prelates of the Venerable Order of Saint John