Bishop of Seychelles

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St. Paul's Anglican Cathedral in Victoria, Seychelles.

The Bishop of Seychelles has been the Ordinary of the Anglican Church in the Seychelles [1] in the Indian Ocean since its inception in 1973. [2] The current bishop is James Richard Wong Yin Song. [3]

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  1. Net Ministries
  2. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN   0-19-200008-X
  3. Anglican Communion


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