Derek George Damant[1] was the sixth bishop of George.[2]
He was educated at University of South Africa and ordained in 1958.[3] He began his career as chaplain at St. Andrew's School, Bloemfontein after which he was founding head master at St. Stephen's Diocesan High School in Mohale's Hoek. He then moved to Pretoria where he became Chaplain of St Alban's College. From 1975 he was dean of Pretoria. He ascended to the episcopate in 1985 and retired in 1999.
Damant died in July 2021.[4]
Notes
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- ^ "Historical Papers, Wits University". www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za. Retrieved 11 January 2018.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ "RIP Bishop Derek Damant". Anglican Church of Southern Africa. 5 July 2021. Retrieved 27 July 2021.
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