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Gordon Tindall

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Gordon Tindall
Bishop of Grahamstown
DioceseDiocese of Grahamstown
In office1964–1969
PredecessorRobert Selby Taylor
SuccessorBill Burnett
Orders
Ordination1936
Personal details
Born13 February 1911[1]
Died24 June 1969

Gordon Leslie Tindall (1911 – 24 June 1969)[2] was the eighth Bishop of Grahamstown.[3]

Tindall was educated at Hatfield College, Durham.[4] Ordained in 1936,[5] his first post was a curacy in Swinton. He then emigrated to Africa to become a missionary priest. From 1939 he was rector of Vryburg, then director of the South Bechuanaland Mission. Later he was archdeacon of King William's Town, then diocesan director of religious education in Grahamstown before his appointment to the episcopate.

References

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  1. ^ "1911 England, Wales & Scotland Census Transcription". search.findmypast.com. Retrieved 9 May 2016 – via Findmypast.
  2. ^ The Times, Wednesday, 25 Jun 1969; pg. 12; Issue 57595; col G Obituary Gordon Tindall
  3. ^ University of the Witwatersrand
  4. ^ Who's Who 2008. A&C Black. 2007. ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8.
  5. ^ Oxford University Press (1976). Crockford's Clerical Directory: A Reference Book of the Clergy of the Provinces of Canterbury and York and of Other Anglican Provinces and Dioceses. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-200008-8.
Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded by Bishop of Grahamstown
1964–1969
Succeeded by