Papers of Reverend John Stopford

Material relating to the Anglican Church in Rhodesia: annotated photographs of the 2nd Provincial Synod of Central Africa; the newsletter of St. Margaret's Church, Greenfield, 1947-1951; Reverend Stopford's addresses; scrapbook of press cuttings; proceedings of the Southern Rhodesian Churches' conferences, Bulawayo 1960, and Marandellas 1962.

John Norman Stopford was an Anglican archdeacon in Zimbabwe. Educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1933. After a Curacy in Crewe he was at the Wreningham Mission, Zimbabwe from 1936 to 1939; Daramombe from 1939 to 1944; and Bulawayo from 1947 to 1954. He was Archdeacon of Matabeleland, and Chaplain to the Bishop of Matabeleland from 1954 to 1962.

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John Norman Stopford was an Anglican archdeacon in Zimbabwe. Educated at Emmanuel College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1933. After a Curacy in Crewe he was at the Wreningham Mission, Zimbabwe from 1936 to 1939; Daramombe from 1939 to 1944; and Bulawayo from 1947 to 1954. He was Archdeacon of Matabeleland, and Chaplain to the Bishop of Matabeleland from 1954 to 1962.

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