Philip Russell (bishop)
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The Most Reverend Philip Russell MBE |
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| Archbishop of Cape Town Primate of the Anglican Church of Southern Africa |
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| Church | Anglican |
| Province | Southern Africa |
| Diocese | Cape Town |
| See | Cape Town |
| In office | 1981–1986 |
| Predecessor | Bill B. Burnett |
| Successor | Desmond Tutu |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1981 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
21 October 1919 Cowies Hill, South Africa |
| Died | 25 July 2013 (aged 93) Adelaide, Australia |
| Previous post | Bishop of Natal |
Philip Welsford Richmond Russell, MBE (21 October 1919 – 25 July 2013) was a South African Anglican bishop.
Russell was born 21 October 1919 in Cowies Hill, South Africa and died 25 July 2013 in Adelaide, Australia.
He was educated in Durban at Clifton Preparatory School and Durban High School. Having trained as a quantity surveyor, he served in World War II as part of a bomb disposal unit in the South African Engineering Corps. He was awarded the MBE in 1943 for his service. It was during this time he felt called to the priesthood. He studied at Rhodes University and St Paul's Theological College in Grahamstown. He was ordained as a deacon in 1940 and as a priest in 1941. He married Violet Hogarth in 1945 and had four children, Susan, June, Pauline and Christopher. After the death of his wife, Russell moved to Adelaide, Australia, where three of his four children had settled.
After World War II he served in various parishes in the Diocese of Natal including Greytown, KwaZulu-Natal, Ladysmith, KwaZulu-Natal, Kloof and Pinetown. He was consecrated bishop, and served as suffragan bishop of Cape Town from 1966 to 1970.
From 1970 to 1974 he was the bishop of the new Anglican Diocese of Port Elizabeth and, from 1974 to 1981, he was Bishop of Natal.
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