Owen Vidal Explained

Owen Emeric Vidal (1819-1854)^[1] was the Anglican Bishop of Sierra Leone from 1852 until his death three years later.

Life

He was the son of Emeric Essex Vidal and his wife Anna Jane Capper, daughter of the Rev. James Capper, born at Easthampstead. He was educated at St Paul's School, Southsea. He matriculated at St John's College, Cambridge, in 1838, where he graduated B.A. in 1842, and M.A. in 1845; he was awarded a D.D. in 1852.^{[2] [3]}

Ordained deacon in March 1843, Vidal was ordained priest in December of the same year. He was Vicar of Holy Trinity, Upper Dicker until his elevation to the episcopate.^[4] He was the first bishop of Sierra Leone.^{[5] [6]} He died while on a sea voyage back to his see and was buried at Freetown on 27 December 1855.^[7]

Family

Vidal married in 1852 Anne Adelaide Hoare, the fourth daughter of the Rev. Henry Hoare, vicar of Framfield.^{[2] [8]}

Publications

A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language (with Samuel Adjai Crowther) (1852)^[9]

External links

• Bibliographic directory from Project Canterbury

Notes and References

1. http://anglicanhistory.org/england/oevidal/ Anglican History, Owen Emeric Vidal
2. Book: Dod . Charles Roger . The Peerage, baronetage, and knightage of Great Britain and Ireland. 1854 . London : Whittaker and Co. . 478 .
3. Book: Sierra Leone Studies . 1966 . Institute of African Studies, Fourah Bay College . 211 . en.
4. From the LONDON GAZETTE, Friday, May 21. Downing-Street, May 19 The Times Saturday, May 22, 1852; pg. 5; Issue 21122; col B
5. https://www.stpeterschurchfajilagos.org/History.html St Peters Church Faji Lagos website, The History of St. Peter's Church Since 1853
6. https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/pdf/bq/16-7_313.pdf Biblical Studies website, Early Religious Influences in Sierra Leone, article by F.W. Butt-Thompson, published in Baptist Quarterly 16.7 (July 1956), page 319
7. [The Times]
8. Book: Baker . Thomas . History of the College of St. John the Evangelist, Cambridge . 1869 . University Press . 976 . en.
9. https://www.abebooks.com/9781356337071/Vocabulary-Yoruba-Language-Crowther-Sammuel-1356337074/plp ABE Books website, A Vocabulary of the Yoruba Language