Summary
Africa really was dark 120 years ago. A courageous Durham curate brought enlightenment
NO great understanding of the manifold mysteries of the Church of England may be needed to appreciate that few go from being curate - not even of St Nic's in Durham Market Place - to bishop in one go. Alfred Tucker did.See the full content of this document
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John North - Tucker Punch
He became Bishop of Uganda in 1890, shortly after a predecessor had been murdered by the natives, finding just 200 Christians there. When he left 20 years later, there were 83,000. Among them, doubtless, were ancestors of the present Archbishop of York, Dr John Tucker Sentamu.
Known as the Ugandan Exp...See the full content of this document
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