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- ↑ "New priest is to be bishop in Zimbabwe" . Church Times . No. 7640. 21 August 2009. p. 6. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 26 May 2020– via UK Press Online archives.
- ↑ Zimbabwe bishop quits diocese for IMF job
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