William Vincent Lucas was theinauguralBishop of Masasi during the first half of the 20th century.[1]
Born on 20 June 1883[2] and educated atMagdalen College School, Oxford andSt Catherine's Society in the same city, he was made deacon on 23 December 1906, byGeorge Kennion,Bishop of Bath and Wells, atWells Cathedral.[3] After acuracy atSt Michael's Shepton Beauchamp he went toTanzania as amissionary.[4]
Lucas advocated taking traditional native rituals and adapting them for Christian use,[4][5] although this work had already been started by native clergy and previous missionaries. Yoruban BishopJames Johnson had noted that the Church should be ‘not an exotic but a plant become indigenous to the soil’.[6]
Lucas was later theprovost andsub-dean of Masasi Collegiate Church and acanon ofZanzibar before his ordination to theepiscopate. He was consecrated a bishop onMichaelmas (29 September) 1926, byRandall Davidson,Archbishop of Canterbury, atWestminster Abbey.[7] He died on 8 July 1945.[8]
Lucas is seen as the Father Founder ofChama Cha Mariamu Mtakatifu.[9]St Stephen's House, Oxford displays a painting created by Lucas during his time at the university.[10]
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