Henry Parker (bishop)

The Rt Rev Henry Perrott Parker (b. 1852, Upton Cheyney – d. Ussagara 1888) was an Anglican Bishop in the second half of the 19th century.[1]

Henry Perrott Parker
former Bishop of Eastern Equatorial Africa
Henry Perrott Parker
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Eastern Equatorial Africa
Installed	18 October 1886
Term ended	26 March 1888
Predecessor	James Hannington
Successor	Alfred Tucker
Personal details
Born	21 September 1852
Died	26 March 1888 (aged 35)

Life

Parker was educated privately in Bath and at Trinity College, Cambridge,[2] where he gained his BA in 1871 and his MA in 1875.[3]

Parker went out as a missionary to India, becoming chaplain to the Bishop of Calcutta in 1878. In 1879, he'd become Secretary of the Church Mission Society North India Mission, an important position with some influence. However he longed to be more directly involved with evangelism and mission. In 1885 he requested a transfer to central India to work among the Gondi people. Elevation to the Episcopate as the second Bishop of Mombasa came soon after (Bishop Hannington had been martyred October 29, 1885) and he sailed for Africa, landing in Frere Town (a colony of ex-slaves near Mombasa that served as CMS headquarters in East Africa) November 27, 1886.[4] He died of malaria while on a trip to Ussagara March 26, 1888.[3][5]

References

1. “Mombasa Cathedral and the CMS Compound”: History in Africa – Volume 35, 2008, pp. 209–229 ISSN 0361-5413
2. J. D. Mullins, The Wonderful story of Uganda, London, CMS, 1904
3. "Parker, Henry Perrott (PRKR871HP)". A Cambridge Alumni Database. University of Cambridge.
4. ”Eighteen Years in Uganda East Africa” Tucker,A.R:London Edward Arnold, 1911
5. "The See Of Eastern Equatorial Africa" The Times Wednesday, May 02, 1888; pg. 11; Issue 32375; col G