Diocese of Freetown

DIOCESE OF SIERRA LEONE (FREETOWN)

Country : Sierra Leone
Denomination : Anglican

Established : 1852 as the Dioces eof Sierra Leone
Renamed in 1981 to the Diocese of Freetown

Origin/meaning

The lion before the mountains is canting for Sierra Leone = The Lion Mountains.

Arms of Bishops

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  Owen Vidal (1852-1854)

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  John Weeks (1855-1857)

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  John Bowen (1857-1860)

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  Edward Beckles, (1860-1869)

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  Henry Cheetham (1870-1882)

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  Graham Ingham (1883-1897)

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  John Taylor Smith (1897-1901)

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  Edmund Elwin (1902-1909)

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  John Walmsley (1910-1921)

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  George Wright (1921-1936)

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  James L.C. Horsetad (1936-1961)

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  Graham Ingham (1883-1897)

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  Moses Nathanael Christopher Omobiala Scott (1961-1981)

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  Prince Eustace Shokellu Thompson (1981-1994)

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  Julius O. Prince Lynch (1996-2013)

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  Thomas Arnold Ikunika Wilson (2013-present)

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