Person Open DS/UK/3075 Aglionby; Bishop of Accra; John Orfeur (16 March 1884-15 May 1963); MC DD; British former army chaplain and Anglican Bishop of Accra Aglionby John Orfeur Bishop of Accra 16 March 1884-15 May 1963 British former army chaplain and Anglican Bishop of Accra Male (cisgender) United Kingdom (born)

British Religious Practitioner | Christian | Bishop, Military Chaplain White No known disability Christian Son of Rev Francis Keyes Aglionby DD and Amy Bickersteth Heterosexual John Orfeur Aglionby MC was an Anglican bishop in Africa during the second quarter of the 20th century. Educated at Westminster and The Queen's College, Oxford, Aglionby was ordained in 1911 and began his career with a Curacy at Holy Trinity, South Shields. A Chaplain to the Forces during World War I, when peace returned he was Vicar of Monkwearmouth until 1924 when he became the third Bishop of Accra. Aglionby was a strong supporter of establishing a library service in Ghana. He volunteered his own book collection in 1928 and later his own money to establish the first location it the 1930s but it was lost to the government. He later assisted in 1945 when the Aglionby Library was opened in Accra in 1946 . https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Aglionby_(bishop) (2020) International Standard Archival Authority Record for Corporate Bodies, Persons and Families - ISAAR(CPF) 2nd edition - ICA 2004 ISBN 2-9521932-2-3 National Council on Archives, Rules for the Construction of Personal, Place and Corporate Names, 1997 Yes RAHhbryony 11/15/2012 RAHAKIRKBRIDE 6/3/2025 ce9419fa-dc42-4a08-908e-a886fced51eb