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- ↑ Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide
- ↑ "Lives in brief" The Times Monday, July 3, 2000
- ↑ "An Introduction to an Oral History and Archive Project by the Anglican Church of Congo" Wild-Wood, E in 'History in Africa' Vol. 28 (2001), pp. 445-462
- ↑ The Papers of Bishop Philip Ridsdale
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