James Schuster

James Leo Schuster (1912–2006) was the long-serving 6th bishop of St John's in what was then known as Kaffraria and is now Mthatha.[1] Educated at Lancing College and Keble College, Oxford,[2] he was ordained in 1937. Assistant missioner at Rotherhithe until 1938, he was subsequently chaplain at St Stephen's House, Oxford, and then served in the Second World War as a chaplain to the Forces.[3] In 1949 he was appointed principal of St Bede's College, Umtata, before his ordination to the episcopate in 1956. In retirement he was archdeacon of Riversdale. He died after a long retirement in 2006.

Notes

1. The Times, Thursday, Oct 18, 1956; pg. 2; Issue 53665; col A "New Bishop of St John's"
2. Who was Who 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
3. He was wounded in 1942 and Mentioned in Despatches in 1943

Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded by St John Evans	Bishop of St John's 1956 – 1980	Succeeded by Godfrey Ashby