Hall Speers

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S. Hall Speers
Bishop of Mahajanga
Church Church of England
Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean
DioceseMahajanga
In office2019–2024
PredecessorJean-Claude Andrianjafimanana
SuccessorDarrell Critch (elect)
Orders
Consecration2019
by  James Wong
Personal details
BornOctober 1946 (age 77)

Samuel Hall Speers (born October 1946 [1] ) is an Irish-born Anglican bishop. He served from 2019 to 2024 as the second diocesan bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar, in the Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean.

Biography

Speers is a native of Urney, Northern Ireland. [2] He attended Selwyn College, Cambridge [3] and is married with three children. [4] Speers became a priest in the Church of England; from 1996 to 2002, he was rural dean of Lafford. [5]

Following his retirement from parish ministry, Speers was elected the second bishop of Mahajanga, a missionary diocese in Madagascar with at the time just 12 non-stipendiary priests serving 30 congregations. [6] [7] He was consecrated at by Archbishop James Wong in April 2019 at the cathedral in Mahajanga. Senate President Rivo Rakotovao was in attendance representing the Madagascar government. [4]

During his episcopacy, Speers built partnerships with congregations in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Derry and Raphoe to raise funds for the missionary work in Mahajanga. [8] He retired in March of 2024 after five years as bishop. [9]

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References

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Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Jean-Claude Andrianjafimanana
Bishop of Mahajanga
2019–2024
Succeeded by
Darrell Critch (elect)