(Gayo) Hilary Chisonga[1] was the Anglican Bishop of Masasi[2] from 1969 until 1983.[3]
Chisonga was educated at St Cyprian's Theological College, Namasakata. He was ordained deacon in 1947; and priest in 1950. He was Canon of Masasi from 1959 to 1968; and Archdeacon of Masasi from 1965 to 1968. He was consecrated Lord Bishop of Masisi in St Mary the Virgin and St Bartholomew's Cathedral Masasi on 21 December 1968.[4]
References
edit- ^ "Obituary: The Rt Revd Cecil Richard Norgate". Church Times. Retrieved 2020-02-15.
- ^ Ranger, Terence (January 1979). "European Attitudes and African Realities: the rise and fall of the Matolac chiefs of south-east Tanzania". The Journal of African History. 20 (1). Cambridge University Press: 63–82. doi:10.1017/S0021853700016728.
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1980–82 p 207 Oxford, OUP, 1983 ISBN 0-19-200010-1
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory. London: Oxford University Press. p. 186.