Other assistant (or coadjutor) bishops of the diocese include: • 19351949 (ret.):
John Willis, former
Bishop of Uganda • 19491955 (d.):
Francis Hollis, Vicar of
Stanford with
Swinford, Leicestershire and Senior
Canon of
Leicester; former
Bishop of Labuan and Sarawak • 19501965 (ret.): Alexander Maxwell, Vicar of
Copt Oak (until 1952), of
Ab Kettleby with
Wartnaby and
Holwell (1952–1959), Rector of
Swithland (from 1959); former Assistant Bishop of
West/ern Szechwan. Harold Alexander Maxwell (17 December 189730 December 1975),
CMS missionary in China. Made deacon on
St Thomas' Day (21 December) 1923 and ordained priest the following St Thomas' Day, 21 December 1924; both times by,
Albert David,
Bishop of Liverpool, at
Liverpool Cathedral. • 19721997 (d.):
John Mort, former
Bishop of Northern Nigeria (1952–1969), Canon Treasurer of
Leicester Cathedral (1970–1988) • 19661973 (ret.):
Geoffrey Stuart Smith, Rector of
Swithland, former
Bishop of North Kerala and
Assistant Bishop of Chelmsford Cecil de Carteret, former
Bishop of Jamaica, was appointed to serve as assistant-bishop from 1932, but he died in ill-health on 3 January, unable to take up the appointment.
Honorary assistant bishops — retired bishops taking on occasional duties voluntarily — have included: • 1999–2011 (res.):
Colin Scott, retired
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