David Leake

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David Leake CBE (born 26 June 1935)Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}} was the assistant Bishop in Northern Argentina from 1969 to 1979 when he became diocesan Bishop, and, for the latter part of that post, also Primate of the Southern Cone.

Born to missionary parents serving in Argentina,he was educated at St. Albans College in Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) and at The London College of Divinity [http://listserv.virtueonline.org/pipermail/virtueonline_listserv.virtueonline.org/2001-November/002958.html SAMS newsletter] he was ordained in the Church of England and began his career with a curacy in Watford. He was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1959 (20 September){{Church Times | title = Michaelmas Ordinations | archive = 1959_09_25_019 | issue = 5041 | date = 25 September 1959 | page = 19 | accessed = 15 May 2019 }} and ordained a priest the Michaelmas following (25 September 1960), both times by Michael Gresford Jones, Bishop of St Albans, at St Albans Cathedral.{{Church Times | title = Michaelmas Ordinations | archive = 1960_09_30_015 | issue = 5094 | date = 30 September 1960 | page = 15 | accessed = 15 May 2019 }}

In 1963 he went to South America where he served the Church as a Missionary eventually being appointed to the episcopate. He was ordained and consecrated a bishop on St Thomas' Day 1969 (21 December) to serve as Bishop in Northern Argentina, assistant bishop of the newly-erected Diocese of Paraguay and Northern Argentina.{{Church Times | title = New diocese created in South America | archive = 1969_10_17_001 | issue = 5566 | date = 17 October 1969 | page = 1 | accessed = 15 May 2019 }} & {{Church Times | title = Land of hot Christmas | archive = 1969_12_19_004 | issue = 5575 | date = 19 December 1969 | page = 4 | accessed = 15 May 2019 }} {{As of|2013}},{{Church Times | title = picture caption | archive = 2013_03_22_005 | issue = 7827 | date = 22 March 2013 | page = 5 | accessed = 30 July 2021 }} in retirement he continues to serve the church as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Norwich.[http://www.norwich.anglican.org/article/72 Diocese of Norwich] ([https://web.archive.org/web/20110928132359/http://www.norwich.anglican.org/article/72 Archived 29 September 2011]) and also serves as a consultant to the Argentine Bible Society specialising in the Toba language translation of the Toba (oeste) New Testament. On retirement he was awarded the honour of Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 New Year Honours.