Jean Marcel was the seventh Anglican Bishop of Madagascar

Bishop of Madagascar

The Bishop of Madagascar was the Ordinary of the Anglican Church in Madagascar from 1874 until the Diocese was split into three in 1969.-Notes:...

 from 1961 to 1969 when the diocese split into three. Marcel then became Bishop

Bishop

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 of Antananarivo

Antananarivo

Antananarivo , formerly Tananarive , is the capital and largest city in Madagascar. It is also known by its French colonial shorthand form Tana....

 until 1975.

Marcel trained for the priesthood at Dorchester Missionary College and was ordained in 1931. He was a tutor

Tutor

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 at St Paul’s College, Ambat then priest in charge

Priest in charge

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 of Marovoay

Marovoay

Marovoay is a city and commune in western Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Marovoay, which is a part of Boeny Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 65,000 in 2001 commune census....

 and then Ankadinondry

Ankadinondry Sakay

Ankadinondry Sakay is a town and commune in Madagascar. It belongs to the district of Tsiroanomandidy, which is a part of Bongolava Region. The population of the commune was estimated to be approximately 32,000 in 2001 commune census....

. From 1952 to 1961 he was chaplain

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 to the Bishop of Madagasgar

Thomas Richards Parfitt

Thomas Richards Parfitt was the sixth Anglican Bishop of Madagascar from 1952 to 1961.Parfitt was born on 24 May 1911, educated at St John's College, Oxford and ordained in 1935. He began his ordained ministry with curacies in New Mills and Rugby. During World War II he was a chaplain in the RNVR...

; and from 1956 an assistant bishop

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 of the diocese

Diocese

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. In 1961 he was appointed successor to Bishop Parfitt

Thomas Richards Parfitt

Thomas Richards Parfitt was the sixth Anglican Bishop of Madagascar from 1952 to 1961.Parfitt was born on 24 May 1911, educated at St John's College, Oxford and ordained in 1935. He began his ordained ministry with curacies in New Mills and Rugby. During World War II he was a chaplain in the RNVR...

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