S. Hall Speers | |
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Bishop of Mahajanga | |
Church | Church of England Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean |
Diocese | Mahajanga |
In office | 2019–2024 |
Predecessor | Jean-Claude Andrianjafimanana |
Successor | Darrell Critch |
Orders | |
Consecration | 2019 by James Wong |
Personal details | |
Born | October 1946 (age 78) |
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.
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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