Jack Cunningham
Bishop of Central Zambia; British Anglican colonial bishop
About Jack Cunningham
Lived 1926 – 1978 (aged 52). Jack Cunningham was an anglican priest.
Jack Cunningham (1 September 1926 – 18 October 1978) was the first Anglican Bishop of Central Zambia.
Educated at Queen Elizabeth Grammar School, Wakefield and Edinburgh Theological College he was ordained in 1953. He was a Curate at St Mark with St Barnabas, Coventry then held incumbencies at St Thomas and St Alban in the same city. In 1967 he emigrated to Zambia where he was Priest in charge of St Michael, Kitwe before his appointment to the episcopate. He confirmed the present bishop of the diocese Derek Kamukwamba.
He was appointed OBE in the 1978 New Year Honours.
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Bishop of Central Zambia; British Anglican colonial bishop
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Jack Cunningham was born on 1 September 1926.
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Jack Cunningham died on 18 October 1978.
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Jack Cunningham was an anglican priest.
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