Casper Uka

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Casper Uka, [1] MBE [2] was an Anglican bishop who served as Assistant Bishop of Melanesia [3] from 1974 to 1980. [4]

Uka was educated at St Peter's College, Siota. He was ordained deacon in 1962 and priest in 1964. He was consecrated Assistant Bishop of Melanesia at the Cathedral Church of St Barnabas, Honiara by John Chisholm, Archbishop of Melanesia on 8 November 1975.

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References

  1. ↑ Solomon Islands Gazette 10 April 1989
  2. ↑ The London Gazette, 13 June 1980
  3. ↑ Letter from Ishmael Tuki to Raymond Firth, 18 January 1977
  4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980-1982 p1039 Oxford, OUP, 1983 ISBN   0-19-200010-1
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