The Rt Rev John Dacre Vincent MA MC and bar (1 January 1894 – 19 May 1960) was the Bishop of Damaraland, Namibia from 1952 to 1960.
He was born on 1 January 1894, educated at Marlborough and St John's College, Oxford,"Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 and ordained in 1921Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941 after World War I service with the Devonshire Regiment. He began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Gillingham, Dorset and was then a Minor Canon at Bloemfontein Cathedral. After this he was Vicar of Longbridge Deverill in Wiltshire until 1937 when he returned to Bloemfontein as its Archdeacon, a position he held until his elevation to the episcopate.
Vincent died on 19 May 1960, aged 66.The Times, Tuesday, 24 May 1960; pg. 17; Issue 54779; col A Obituary Bishop of Damaraland
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