Papers of Reverend John Stopford

Scope and Content

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.

Administrative / Biographical History

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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