Gordon Tindall Explained

Type:Bishop
Gordon Tindall
Bishop of Grahamstown
Diocese:Diocese of Grahamstown
Term:1964–1969
Predecessor:Robert Selby Taylor
Successor:Bill Burnett
Ordination:1936
Birth Date:13 February 1911
Death Date:24 June 1969

Gordon Leslie Tindall (1911 – 24 June 1969) was the eighth Bishop of Grahamstown.

Tindall was educated at Hatfield College, Durham. Ordained in 1936, his first post was a curacy in Swinton. He then emigrated to Africa to become a missionary priest. From 1939 he was rector of Vryburg, then director of the South Bechuanaland Mission. Later he was archdeacon of King William's Town, then diocesan director of religious education in Grahamstown before his appointment to the episcopate.