John Maund (bishop)
{{Short description|Anglican Bishop of Lesotho from 1950 to 1976}}
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John Arthur Arrowsmith Maund (19 October 1909 – 1998) was the first Anglican Bishop of Lesotho from 1950 until 1976.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}
Personal life
Maund was born in Worcester to Arthur Arrowsmith Maund,{{cite web |url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db=1911england&h=57754745&ti=0&indiv=try&gss=pt&ssrc=pt_t18453531_p19919222119_kpidz0q3d19919222119z0q26pgz0q3d32768z0q26pgplz0q3dpid |title=1911 England Census |date=2011 }} and died in Malvern, Worcestershire.{{Cite web|url=http://www.trc.org.ls/events/events19.983.htm#Death%20of%20Bishop%20John%20Maund|title=Death of Bishop John Maund |accessdate=2013-09-28|publisher=David Ambrose|year=1998|work=SUMMARY OF EVENTS IN LESOTHO}}{{Cite web|url=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?rank=1&new=1&MSAV=1&msT=1&gss=angs-g&gsfn=john+authur+arrowsmith+&gsln=maund&msbdy=1909&msfng0=authur+arrowsmith&msfns0=maund&cpxt=0&uidh=vbc&cp=0&pcat=ROOT_CATEGORY&h=4832321&db=ONSDeath93&indiv=1&ml_rpos=5|title=England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007|accessdate=2013-09-28|publisher=England & Wales, Death Index, 1916-2007 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA|year=2007}} He was educated at Leeds University"Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} and, after a period of study at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, was ordained in 1934.
Clerical career
His first post was as a Curate at All Saints and St Laurence, Evesham[http://www.eveshamparish.com/ Church web-site] after which he emigrated to South Africa to work at the Pretoria Native Mission. When World War II came he served as a Chaplain to the Forces and was mentioned in despatches. After peace returned he was at the St Peter′s parish in Lady Selborne, PretoriaDaniel Kgomosotho: [https://uir.unisa.ac.za/bitstream/handle/10500/17073/dissertaion_kgomosotho_d.pdf?sequence=1 The History of Tumelong Mission in the Diocese of Pretoria With Specific Reference to the Period 1939–1996]. master thesis, UNISA 1997, online at www.uir.unisa.ac.za (PDF), PDF pp. 45–47 (document pp. 38–40). before his appointment to the episcopate.{{cite book|author1=Scott Rosenberg|author2=Richard F. Weisfelder|title=Historical Dictionary of Lesotho|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=B2TWVN92hYYC&pg=PA41|year=2013|publisher=Scarecrow Press|isbn=978-0-8108-7982-9|page=41}}{{cite book|author=Tom Lodge|title=Sharpeville: An Apartheid Massacre and its Consequences|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qpowI15cU-UC&pg=PA40|year=2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=978-0-19-161999-1|page=40}}
In retirement he continued to serve the church as an assistant bishop within the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.{{Cite journal |last=Kgomosotho |first=Keketso G. |title=International Law Rules Relating to Migration Arising from Rising Sea-Levels |date=2020 |journal=Pretoria Student Law Review |volume=14 |issue=2 |doi=10.29053/pslr.v14i2.1815 |issn=1998-0280|doi-access=free }}
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External links
- {{NPG name|name=John Arthur Arrowsmith Maund}}
- [http://www.historicalpapers.wits.ac.za/inventory.php?iid=7526 University of the Witwatersrand]
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Category:Alumni of the University of Leeds
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Category:Anglican bishops of Lesotho
Category:World War II chaplains
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