Bruce Evans (bishop) explained

Type:Bishop
Bruce Evans
Bishop of Port Elizabeth
Church:Anglican
Diocese:Port Elizabeth
Term:1975  - 1993
Successor:Eric Pike
Ordination:1957
Birth Date:10 November 1929
Death Place:Port Elizabeth

Bruce Read Evans (1929 – 1993) was an Anglican bishop[1] and author in the 20th century.

He was educated at King Edward School, Johannesburg and the University of the Witwatersrand[2] and ordained in 1957.[3] He held curacies at Holy Trinity, Redhill, Surrey[4] and St Paul's, Portman Square. He was curate-in charge at St Luke's, Diep River, Cape. He held incumbencies at Christ Church, Kenilworth, Cape Town and St John's, Wynberg, Cape Town, before his ordination to the episcopate[5] as the second Bishop of Port Elizabeth. He died in post.

Published works

Among other books, he wrote I Will Heal their Land, 1974; The Earth is the Lord’s, 1975; Facing the New Challenges, 1978; and The Church and the Alternative Society, 1979[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site:

    The Anglican Diocese of Port Elizabeth - Parish Information ::

    . www.anglicandiocesepe.org.za. 2017-11-17.
  2. [Who's Who (UK)|“Who was Who”]
  3. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  4. Web site: htnew. htnew. 2017-11-17.
  5. Web site: Historical Papers, Wits University. www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za. 2017-11-17.
  6. [British Library]