WILLIS PAPERS

This material is held atLambeth Palace Library

  • Reference
    • GB 109 MS 2245-2320
  • Dates of Creation
    • 20th century
  • Language of Material
    • English
  • Physical Description
    • 76 volumes

Scope and Content

Papers of John Jamieson Willis (1872-1960), Bishop of Uganda. Includes photographs of Uganda (20th cent.). Willis was a C.M.S. missionary in Ankole (1900-2), in Entebbe (1902-5), and in Kavirondo (1905-11). He was Archdeacon of Kavirondo and Chaplain to the Bishop of Uganda, 1909-11, and Bishop of Uganda, 1912-34. He was Assistant Bishop to the Bishop of Leicester from 1935 to 1949.

Access Information

Open

Acquisition Information

Given by the Ven. John Oldcastle Cobham, Archdeacon of Durham, 1969. For more information see LR/L/12 f. 124.