Cecil Alderson

Cecil William Alderson was an Anglican Bishop of Damaraland, Bloemfontein, and Mashonaland.

Early life

He was born on 11 March 1900, educated at Merchant Taylors’ and St John’s College, Oxford, and ordained in 1926 after a period of study at Ely Theological College.

He began his career with a curacy at St Matthew, Westminster. From 1925 to 1930 he was Vice-Principal of his old theological college then a missionary in Likoma. In 1938 he became Warden of St Paul's College, Grahamstown, then Archdeacon of Port Elizabeth. He was Bishop of Damaraland from 1949 to 1951 when he was translated to Bloemfontein.^[1]^[2] His last post was as Bishop of Mashonaland where he played a key role in the foundation of the Bernard Mizeki College from around 1958 till the time of his death.

He was admitted as a Sub-Prelate to the Order of St John of Jerusalem,^[3] he died on 12 February 1968.^[4]

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"Chronological History of the Diocese of the Free State". Diocese of the Free State. Archived from the original on 2010-08-01. Retrieved 30 July 2014.

"Obituary Rt Rev C. W. Alderson". The Times (57175). London. Feb 14, 1968. p. 12 col F.

Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded by George Wolfe Robert Tobias	Bishop of Damaraland 1949–1951	Succeeded by John Dacre Vincent
Preceded by Arthur Henry Howe-Browne	Bishop of Bloemfontein 1951–1957	Succeeded by Bill Bendyshe Burnett
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Edward Francis Paget	Bishop of Mashonaland 1957–1968	Succeeded by John Paul Burrough

Bishops of Damaraland and of Namibia

Damaraland	Nelson Fogarty Christopher Watts George Tobias Cecil Alderson John Vincent Bob Mize Colin Winter James Kauluma

Namibia	James Kauluma Shihala Hamupembe Nathaniel Nakwatumbah

Bishops of Bloemfontein and of the Free State

Bloemfontein	Edward Twells, Bishop of the Orange Free State Allan Webb George Knight-Bruce Wale Hicks Arthur Chandler Walter Carey Arthur Howe-Browne Cecil Alderson Bill Burnett Frederick Amoore Thomas Stanage Patrick Glover

Free State	Patrick Glover Dintoe Letloenyane

Bishops of Mashonaland, of Southern Rhodesia, of Harare and Mashonaland and of Harare

Mashonaland	George Knight-Bruce William Gaul Edmund Powell

Southern Rhodesia	Frederic Beaven Edward Paget

Mashonaland	Edward Paget Cecil Alderson Paul Burrough

Harare and Mashonaland	Peter Hatendi Jonathan Siyachitema Nolbert Kunonga

Harare	Sebastian Bakare

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