Geoffrey Francis Davies

Geoffrey Francis Davies

Geoffrey Francis Davies was the inaugural Bishop of Umzimvubu [Crockfords On Line Accessed Saturday 5th April 2008 21:44] . Born in 1941 and educated at the Universities of Cape Town and Cambridge he studied for ordination at Ripon College Cuddesdon before beginning his ecclesiastical career with a Curacy at St Mary the Boltons, West Brompton [ [http://www.acny.org.uk/venue.php?V=15475 Church details] ] . The rest of his ministry was to be spent in Africa, firstly as "Priest in Charge" of Serowe,at the time the largest village in Botswana and latterly South Africa . Here he rose steadily in the Church hierarchy being successively Rector of Kalk Bay, "Director of Missions" within the Cape Town Diocese, Suffragan Bishop of St John’s and finally a Diocesan Bishop.

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