Jean Marcel

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Jean Marcel (died December 1980) was the seventh Anglican Bishop of Madagascar from 1961 to 1969 when the diocese split into three. [1] [2] [3] Marcel then became Bishop of Antananarivo until 1975.

Marcel trained for the priesthood at Dorchester Missionary College and was ordained in 1931. [4] He was a tutor at St Paul's College, Ambatoharanana then priest in charge of Marovoay and then Ankadinondry. From 1952 to 1961 he was chaplain to the Bishop of Madagascar; and from 1956 an assistant bishop of the diocese. [5] In 1961 he was appointed successor to Bishop Parfitt. [6]

He died in 1980. [7]

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References

  1. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN   0-19-200008-X
  2. National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives [ permanent dead link ]
  3. New Dioceses In Madagascar, The Times, 15 Novovember 15 1968; pg. 15; Issue 57409; col E
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  5. The Times, 15 May 1956; pg. 12; Issue 53531; col D Consecration in Lambeth Palace Chapel
  6. The Times, 20 March 1961; pg. 12; Issue 55034; col C Bishop Of Madagascar
  7. "Church Times, 26 December 1980, p 16" . Retrieved 12 January 2021.
Religious titles
Preceded by Anglican Bishop of Madagascar
1961 1969
Succeeded by
Diocese split
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment
Bishop of Antananarivo
1969 1975
Succeeded by