William Peel (bishop)

William George Peel (1854 – 15 April 1916) was the Anglican Bishop of Mombasa in what is now Kenya.[1] He was accused of heresy in the Kikuyu controversy.[2]

William George Peel
Born1854
DiedApril 15, 1916(1916-04-15) (aged 62)

Biography

Peel was born in 1854, educated at Blackheath Proprietary School,[3] 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[4] — he was consecrated a bishop on St Peter's Day (29 June) 1899 by Frederick Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral.[5] 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.[6][7]

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.[2][8][9]

References
  1. “Mombasa Cathedral and the CMS Compound”: History in Africa – Volume 35, 2008, pp. 209–229 ISSN 0361-5413
  2. "Rt. Rev. Wm. G. Peel Dies. Bishop of Mombasa Figured in Famous Kikuyu Heresy Case". New York Times. April 16, 1916. Retrieved 2010-07-04. The death is announced of the Right Rev. George Peel, Bishop of [Mombasa] Africa. ... in 1914 by the Bishop of Zanzibar against the Bishops of Uganda and Mombasa, ...
  3. "Who was Who" 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X.
  4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900
  5. "Consecration of bishops". Church Times. No. 1901. 30 June 1899. p. 783. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 30 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. Bath Chronicle 23 December 1909
  7. Bath Chronicle 26 October 1899
  8. The Times, Monday, Apr 17, 1916; pg. 4; Issue 41143; col E Death Of the Bishop of Mombasa
  9. "Bishop of Mombasa is Dead". The Argus. April 18, 1916. Retrieved 2010-07-04. The death is announced of Dr William Peel, Anglican Bishop of Mombasa since 1899 He was in his 82nd year. Dr Peel was one of the leading figures in the Kikuyu controversy in 1913–14. A conference of missionary societies at work in British East Africa, (including Anglicans, Methodists, and Presbyterians) was held at Kikuyu in June, 1913. Among those who attended it were two Anglican bishops, Dr Peel of Mombasa and Dr Willis of Uganda.
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