William Tozer

William Tozer

Born	William George Tozer 1829 (1829) Teignmouth
Died	23 June 1899 (aged 69–70)
Occupation	colonial bishop
Known for	Bishop in Central Africa and West Indies
Notable work	leader of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa

William George Tozer (1829–1899) was a colonial bishop^[1] in the 19th century.^[2]

He was born in Teignmouth ^[3] and educated at St John's College, Oxford ^[4] and ordained in 1854.^[5] His first post was a curacy at St Mary Magdalene Munster Square.^[6] Later he was Vicar of Burgh-le-Marsh.^[7] In 1862 he was appointed leader of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa.^[8] He was a bishop in Central Africa for a decade and later held further Episcopal appointments in the West Indies.^[9]^[10] He died on 23 June 1899.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Charles Mackenzie	Bishop in Central Africa 1863–1873	Succeeded by Edward Steere
Preceded by Reginald Courtenay	Bishop of Jamaica 1879–1880	Succeeded by Enos Nuttall
New title	Bishop of Belize 1880– 1881	Succeeded by Enos Nuttall

Notes

^ National Archives
^ The History of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa
^ Burghlemarsh web-site
^ "Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
^ Photo of church
^ Lincolnshire Public Records Service
^ Ecclesiastical news Universities' Mission To Central Africa The Times Thursday, 20 November 1862; pg. 6; Issue 24408; col E
^ "Jamaican Diocesan Web Site". Archived from the original on 19 April 2009. Retrieved 8 June 2009.
^ "Belizean Web Site". Archived from the original on 5 November 2010. Retrieved 8 June 2009.

v t e Anglican bishops in Malawi
Central Africa	Charles Mackenzie William Tozer Edward Steere Charles Smythies (diocese divided into Nyasaland and Zanzibar)
Nyasaland	Wilfrid Hornby Chauncy Maples (as Bishop of Likoma) John Hine (as Bishop of Likoma) Gerard Trower Cathrew Fisher Gerald Douglas Frank Thorne Donald Arden (title changed to Bishop of Malawi; later, diocese divided into Southern Malawi and Lake Malawi)
Southern Malawi	Donald Arden Dunstan Ainani Nathaniel Aipa James Tengatenga Alinafe Kalemba
Lake Malawi	Josiah Mtekateka Peter Nyanja Jameson Mwenda Francis Kaulanda Daniel Kalonga
Northern Malawi	Jackson Biggers Christopher Boyle Fanuel Magangani
Upper Shire	Bernard Malango Brighton Vita Malasa William Mchombo

v t e Bishops of Jamaica
Bishops	Christopher Lipscomb Aubrey Spencer Reginald Courtenay William Tozer Enos Nuttall George de Carteret William Hardie Basil Dale Percival Gibson Cyril Swaby Herbert Edmondson Neville De Souza Alfred Reid Howard Gregory
Suffragans/Coadjutors	Albert Joscelyne Cecil de Carteret Edmund Sara

v t e Bishops of British Honduras and of Belize
British Honduras	William Tozer Enos Nuttall Henry Holme George Ormsby Herbert Bury Walter Farrar Edward Dunn James Hughes Douglas Wilson Gerald Brooks Benjamin Vaughan Eldon Sylvester
Belize	Eldon Sylvester Sylvester Romero Palma Philip Wright

v t e Church in the Province of the West Indies
Diocese of The Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands Anglican diocese of Barbados Anglican Diocese of Belize Diocese of Guyana Diocese of Jamaica and the Cayman Islands Diocese of the North East Caribbean and Aruba Diocese of Trinidad and Tobago Diocese of the Windward Islands