Gilbert Price Lloyd Turner was born on 8 May 1888 and died in 1968. He was a Bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

 in the Anglican church.

Education

He was educated at the Collegiate School, Victoria in British Columbia

British Columbia

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 and at St Augustine's College, Canterbury

St Augustine's College, Canterbury

St Augustine's College, Canterbury was a Church of England theological college in Canterbury, Kent that opened in 1848 and closed in 1976. Many of those who trained there went on to serve as missionaries...

.

Career

He was ordained priest in 1912. He was a curate at St. Paul's Church, Cape Town

Cape Town

Cape Town is the second-most populous city in South Africa, and the provincial capital and primate city of the Western Cape. As the seat of the National Parliament, it is also the legislative capital of the country. It forms part of the City of Cape Town metropolitan municipality...

 from 1920 to 1922, and again from 1925 to 1927, then rector.

He was appointed Bishop of St. Helena

Anglican Diocese of St Helena

The Diocese of Saint Helena is an Anglican diocese within the Anglican Church of Southern Africa. It covers the islands of Saint Helena and Ascension in the Atlantic Ocean and was created in 1859. St Paul's Cathedral is on Saint Helena.-History:...

in 1939.

Source

• The Times 6 November 1968