John Jamieson Willis (8th November 1872 – 12th November 1954) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Uganda from 1912 to 1934 and subsequently Assistant Bishop of Leicester.Who was Who 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 He and William George Peel, Bishop of Mombasa, were accused of heresy during the Kikuyu controversy.
Biography Born on 8th November 1872, the second son of Sir William Willis, Accountant-General of the Navy, and great-grandson of Joseph Tucker, Surveyor of the Navy,"Haileybury Register". Haileybury and Imperial Service College. 1910. p. 366.Alumni Cantabrigienses, Volume 2: From 1752 to 1900, Part 6: Square- Zupitza, pg 507 Willis was educated at Haileybury and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he took a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1894, Cambridge Master of Arts (MA Cantab) in 1899, and Doctor of Divinity (DD) in 1912.The Times, Friday, Jan 14, 1898; pg. 6; Issue 35413; col A University Intelligence. Cambridge, Jan. 13
Profession He was ordained in 1895"The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, John Phillips, 1900 and began his career with a curacy in Great Yarmouth. He was then appointed under the CMS to Ankole, Uganda and later transferred to Entebbe where he served as Chaplain to the English Community. He opened up a new mission station in Kavirondo eventually becoming Archdeacon of Kavirondo before his appointment to the episcopate in 1912.New Bishop Of Uganda The Times Saturday, Dec 23, 1911; pg. 3; Issue 39776; col ENational Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives In 1934 he returned to England to be Assistant Bishop of Leicester. He died on 12th November 1954.
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