Stanley Pickard Explained

Stanley Chapman Pickard, OBE (4 July 1910  - 31 March 1988) was the eighth Bishop of Lebombo from 1958[1] until 1969.

He was ordained in 1938[2] and his first post was as a curate at St Catherine's, New Cross.[3] He became a UMCA missionary, rising in time to be Archdeacon of Portuguese East Africa. In 1958 he was elevated to the episcopate, serving for a decade. After this he was Rector of St John's, Belgravia[4] before retirement in 1983.

Notes and References

  1. News in Brief The Times Saturday, Dec 06, 1958; pg. 5; Issue 54327; col F
  2. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  3. [Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-1990]
  4. http://www.artefacts.co.za/main/Buildings/bldgframes.php?bldgid=3730&archid=395 Church details