Oliver Claude Allison

Oliver Claude Allison, CBE was Bishop in the Sudan for over 20 years in the second part of the 20th century [ ”Who’s Who 2007 London,A&C Black, 2006 ISBN 9780713672576] . Educated at Dean Close School, Cheltenham and Queen's College, Cambridge [”Crockford's clerical directory” London, Church House 1975 ISBN 0108153674 ] , he was ordained in 1933 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Boscombe [Then [Hampshire; now Dorset] . In 1938 he began what was to be along association with the Sudan by becoming a Missionary in Juba followed by a stint as Assistant Bishop of the diocese. Elevated to the Episcopate in 1953 he was to retain the position until retirement 21 years later. Returning to England he often preached about his eventful life at parishes who wanted to know more about the region [”A History of Christianity in Petersfield” Leaton,E.(Ed)(2001, Petersfield, Petersfield Area Historical Society: Monograph Number 4) ISSN 0262-5970]

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