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Eric Trapp

1910 – 1993

Bishop of Bermuda; Bishop of Zululand; British Anglican colonial bishop

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Lived 1910 – 1993 (aged 83). Eric Trapp was an anglican priest.

Eric Joseph Trapp (17 July 1910 – 8 September 1993) was an Anglican bishop in the mid-20th century.

Early life Born on 17 July 1910 and educated at Alderman Newton's School in Leicester, and then at Leeds University, he studied at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield to prepare for ordination.

Ordained ministry He was ordained in 1935. Following a curacy at St Olave's, Mitcham, he emigrated to South Africa where he was director of the Masite Mission, Basutoland, then rector of St Augustine's Bethlehem, Orange Free State. Next he was rector of St John's, Maseru, then a canon of Bloemfontein Cathedral.

He was appointed to the episcopate as the seventh bishop of Zululand in 1947, a post he held for ten years. He was then secretary of the SPG until 1970 when he was appointed the fifth bishop of Bermuda, a post he held for five years.

In retirement he served as an assistant bishop within the Diocese of St Albans. He died on 8 September 1993.

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University of Leeds, Alderman Newton's School, College of the Resurrection
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Eric Joseph Trapp

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Who was Eric Trapp?

Bishop of Bermuda; Bishop of Zululand; British Anglican colonial bishop

When was Eric Trapp born?

Eric Trapp was born on 17 July 1910.

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Eric Trapp died on 8 September 1993.

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Eric Trapp was an anglican priest.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Eric Trapp

· Wikidata: Q5387645

· DBpedia: Eric Trapp

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