Bishop of South Tokyo

Bishop of South Tokyo

The Bishop of South Tokyo was head of the Anglican Church in Japan.

Edward Bickersteth (1850-1897) was the Bishop of South Tokyo from 1886 until his premature death [The Times, Wednesday, Jan 26, 1898; pg. 7; Issue 35423; col E "Church Missions in Japan"] . Born at Banningham, Norfolk into a noted ecclesiastical family (his father was the Bishop of Exeter from 1885 to 1900 [ [http://www.tejones.net/religion/Bishops/Bickersteth.html Biography of father] ] )

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* [http://books.google.co.uk/books?id=GDfJ2NCETdAC&pg=PA135&lpg=PA135&dq=Bishop+of+South+Tokyo&source=web&ots=aUfqfDRyHa&sig=7aeqXEWL5CZhbOsx8FOmivBe0Ac&hl=en Difficulties encountered by Mission to Japan]
* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=P1049 National Archives- Awdry]
* [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=P2481 National Archives- Bickersteth]
* [http://anglicanhistory.org/asia/kr/corfe6.html Project Canterbury]

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