Anselm Genders
The Rt Rev Anselm[1] Genders, CR was Bishop of Bermuda from 1977 until 1982. Born on August 15, 1919 and educated at King Edward VI Grammar School, Birmingham and Brasenose College, Oxford[2] 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[3], becoming a monk in 1952. In 1955 he was sent as a tutor to Codrington College, Barbados[4] eventually rising to the rank of Principal. A decade later he was sent to what was then Rhodesia, working first in Penhalonga before being appointed Archdeacon of Manicaland[5].
In 1977 the Archbishop of Canterbury asked him take up the Bermudan Bishopric vacated by the death of Robert Stopford. Five turbulent years later[6] he returned to Mirfield where he remained for a further 26 years until his death on 19 June 2008.
Notes and references
- ^ This was his monk's name. He was christened Roger Marson Genders, and added the name Alban when he joined the Navy. (Daily Telegraph Obituary, 2008-06-26.)
- ^ Who's Who 1992 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0713635142
- ^ Anglican Wanderings
- ^ College web-site
- ^ Crockford's clerical directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108153674
- ^ Article in the Bermuda Sun
See also
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