About Edmund Powell
Lived 1859 – 1928 (aged 68). Edmund Powell was a British anglican priest.
Edmund Nathanael Powell (2 September 1859 – 11 April 1928) was Bishop of Mashonaland from 1908 to 1910.
He was born in Buckhurst Hill, educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Oxford and ordained in 1884. His first post was a curacy in Chelmsford after which he was Priest in charge of the Beckton Mission. He was then Vicar of St Stephen, Upton Park before his elevation to the episcopate. At some point, he gained a Doctorate of Divinity (DD).
On his return to England he held further Incumbencies at St Saviour, Poplar and St Nicholas Castle Hedingham.
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Bishop of Mashonaland; British Anglican bishop in Africa
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Edmund Powell was born on 2 September 1859 in Buckhurst Hill.
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Edmund Powell died on 11 April 1928.
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Edmund Powell was an anglican priest.
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Edmund Powell was British.
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