David Leake

For the American lawyer and politician, see David H. Leake.

David Leake CBE (born 26 June 1935)[1] was the assistant Bishop in Northern Argentina from 1969 to 1979 when he became diocesan Bishop, and, for the latter part of that post, also Primate of the Southern Cone.

Born to missionary parents serving in Argentina,[2] he was ordained in the Church of England and began his career with a curacy in Watford. He was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1959 (20 September)[3] and ordained a priest the Michaelmas following (25 September 1960), both times by Michael Gresford Jones, Bishop of St Albans, at St Albans Cathedral.[4]

In 1963 he went to South America where he served the Church as a Missionary eventually being appointed to the episcopate. He was ordained and consecrated a bishop on St Thomas' Day 1969 (21 December) to serve as Bishop in Northern Argentina, assistant bishop of the newly-erected Diocese of Paraguay and Northern Argentina.[5] As of 2013,[6] in retirement he continues to serve the church as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Norwich.[7] and also serves as a consultant to the Argentine Bible Society specialising in the Toba language translation of the Toba (oeste) New Testament. On retirement he was awarded the honour of Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2003 New Year Honours.

  1. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. ^ he was educated at St. Albans College in Lomas de Zamora (Argentina) and at The London College of Divinity SAMS newsletter
  3. ^ "Michaelmas Ordinations". Church Times. No. 5041. 25 September 1959. p. 19. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 15 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  4. ^ "Michaelmas Ordinations". Church Times. No. 5094. 30 September 1960. p. 15. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 15 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  5. ^ "New diocese created in South America". Church Times. No. 5566. 17 October 1969. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 15 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives. & "Land of hot Christmas". Church Times. No. 5575. 19 December 1969. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 15 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. ^ "picture caption". Church Times. No. 7827. 22 March 2013. p. 5. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 30 July 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ Diocese of Norwich (Archived 29 September 2011)