| John Willis | |
| Bishop of Uganda | |
| Term: | 1912–1934 |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Uganda |
| Predecessor: | Alfred Tucker |
| Successor: | Cyril Stuart |
| Other Post: | assistant bishop in Leicester |
| Birth Date: | 8 January 1872 |
John Jamieson Willis (8 November 1872 – 12 November 1954) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Uganda from 1912 to 1934 and subsequently Assistant Bishop of Leicester.[1] He and William George Peel, Bishop of Mombasa, were accused of heresy during the Kikuyu controversy.
Born on 8 November 1872, the second son of Sir William Willis, Accountant-General of the Navy, and great-grandson of Joseph Tucker, Surveyor of the Navy[2] [3] Willis was educated at Haileybury and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he took a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1894, Cambridge Master of Arts (MA Cantab) in 1899, and Doctor of Divinity (DD) in 1912.[4] He was ordained in 1895[5] and began his career with a curacy in Great Yarmouth.[6] Then he began a long period of service as a CMS missionary in Africa eventually becoming Archdeacon of Kavirondo before his appointment to the episcopate in 1912.[7] [8] In 1934 he returned to England to be Assistant Bishop of Leicester. He died on 12 November 1954.