Hilary Chisonga

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(Gayo) Hilary Chisonga [1] was the Anglican Bishop of Masasi [2] from 1969 until 1983. [3]

Chisonga was educated at St Cyprian's Theological College, Namasakata. He was ordained deacon in 1947; and priest in 1950. He was Canon of Masasi from 1959 to 1968; and Archdeacon of Masasi from 1965 to 1968. He was consecrated Lord Bishop of Masisi in St Mary the Virgin and St Bartholomew's Cathedral Masasi on 21 December 1968. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ "Obituary: The Rt Revd Cecil Richard Norgate". Church Times. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
  2. ↑ Ranger, Terence (January 1979). "European Attitudes and African Realities: the rise and fall of the Matolac chiefs of south-east Tanzania". The Journal of African History. Cambridge University Press. 20 (1): 63–82. doi:10.1017/S0021853700016728.
  3. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980–82 p 207 Oxford, OUP, 1983 ISBN   0-19-200010-1
  4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory. London: Oxford University Press. p. 186.
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