Leonard Stanley Kempthorne (2 August 1886 – 25 July 1963) was a New Zealand“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007, Anglican priest who served as Bishop of Polynesia from 1922 to 1962.The Fourteen SheetsNational Archives
Born into a Kiwi ecclesiastical family,His father was the Ven John Pratt Kempthorne, an archdeacon in the Diocese of Nelson; his eldest brother the Revd John Arnold Kempthorne, Vicar of Morrinsville, Waikato; and his fourth brother the Revd (Frederick) Maurice Kempthorne, Canon of Wellington Kempthorne was educated at Nelson College from 1900 to 1903, and at The Queen's College, Oxford.The Times, Friday, Mar 13, 1914; pg. 10; Issue 40470; col B University Intelligence He was ordained in 1914.Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947 He worked for 18 months at Zaria in Northern Nigeria before a four-year stint as Chaplain to the Bishop of Lichfield. He was then Chaplain at Ipoh (Diocese of Singapore) in the Federated Malay States from 1920 to 1922 when he was appointed Bishop of Polynesia,The Times, Thursday, Nov 30, 1922; pg. 12; Issue 43202; col E A new bishop a post he held for forty years.
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