Leonard Beecher

The Most Reverend Leonard Beecher CMG, ARCS, FRAI
Archbishop of East Africa, Bishop of Nairobi
Beecher being blessed by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, after having been installed the first Archbishop of East Africa in 1960, at St Alban's Church, Dar es Salaam
Church	Church of the Province of East Africa
Elected	7 April 1960
Installed	3 August 1960
Retired	3 August 1970
Predecessor	Reginald Crabbe, as Bishop of Mombasa
Successor	Festo Olang', as Archbishop of Kenya John Sepeku, as Archbishop of Tanzania
Previous post(s)	Mombasa (asst.); IV Mombasa
Personal details
Born	(1906-05-21)21 May 1906 Deptford, London, United Kingdom
Died	16 December 1987(1987-12-16) (aged 81) Nairobi, Republic of Kenya
Spouse	Gladys Sybil Bazett Leakey ​ ​ (m. 1930; died 1982)​
Children	3
Education	Imperial College, University of London (BSc, MA) London Day Training College, University of London (Teacher's Certificate) Lambeth Degree (DD)
Ordination history
History Diaconal ordination Ordained by Richard Heywood Date 1929 Place Cathedral of the Highlands, Diocese of Mombasa Priestly ordination Ordained by Richard Heywood Date 1931 Place Cathedral of the Highlands, Diocese of Mombasa Episcopal consecration Principal consecrator Geoffrey Fisher Co-consecrators William Wand, Edward Woods, Christopher Chavasse, Bertram Simpson, John Jones, Hugh Gough, George Ingle, Richard Heywood; John Willis; George Wright; William Stanton Jones, and John Mann. Date 25 July 1950 Place St Paul's Cathedral, Diocese of London

Leonard James Beecher CMG, ARCS, FRAI (21 May 1906 – 16 December 1987) was an English-born Anglican archbishop.^[1] He was the first archbishop of the Province of East Africa, comprising Kenya and Tanzania, from 1960 to 1970.