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William George Peel

1854 – 1916

Anglican bishop

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Lived 1854 – 1916 (aged 61–62). William George Peel was an anglican priest.

William George Peel (185415 April 1916) was the Anglican Bishop of Mombasa in what is now Kenya. He was accused of heresy in the Kikuyu controversy. and ordained in 1875. After a curacy in Trowbridge, he went out as a missionary to India, where he rose to be principal of Noble College Masulipatam. Appointment to the episcopate as the third bishop of Mombasa came in 1899 — he was consecrated a bishop on St Peter's Day (29 June) 1899 by Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral. In October 1899 and December 1909 he presented the prizes at the annual Commemoration Day of Monkton Combe School in Somerset, of which his father in law, the Revd R G Bryan, was Principal.

After celebrating an ecumenical communion service with Methodists and Presbyterians in Kikuyu, and giving communion to non-Anglicans, he was accused of heresy by Bishop Frank Weston of Zanzibar in the Kikuyu controversy.

He died in post on 15 April 1916.

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1854
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Bishop of Mombasa
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Anglican bishop

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William George Peel died on 15 April 1916.

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William George Peel was an anglican priest.

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· Wikipedia: William George Peel

· Wikidata: Q8016723

· DBpedia: William Peel (bishop)

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