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Jean Marcel

Jean Marcel

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Jean Marcel (died December 1980) was the seventh Anglican Bishop of Madagascar from 1961 to 1969 when the diocese split into three.[1][2][3] Marcel then became Bishop of Antananarivo until 1975.

Marcel trained for the priesthood at Dorchester Missionary College and was ordained in 1931.[4] He was a tutor at St Paul's College, Ambatoharanana then priest in charge of Marovoay and then Ankadinondry. From 1952 to 1961 he was chaplain to the Bishop of Madagascar; and from 1956 an assistant bishop of the diocese.[5] In 1961 he was appointed successor to Bishop Parfitt.[6]

He died in 1980.[7]

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  1. [1]
    Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  2. [2]
    National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives[permanent dead link]
  3. [3]
    New Dioceses In Madagascar, The Times, 15 Novovember 15 1968; pg. 15; Issue 57409; col E
  4. [4]
    Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  5. [5]
    The Times, 15 May 1956; pg. 12; Issue 53531; col D Consecration in Lambeth Palace Chapel
  6. [6]
    The Times, 20 March 1961; pg. 12; Issue 55034; col C Bishop Of Madagascar
  7. [7]
    "Church Times, 26 December 1980, p 16". Retrieved 12 January 2021.
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