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British Bishop
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Male
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1 January 1908
Death:
1 January 1998
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Biography
Edmund Michael Hubert Capper (12 March 1908 – 6 March 1998) was an Anglican bishop
Born on 12 March 1908 and educated at St Joseph's Academy, Blackheath and Durham University, he was ordained in 1933. Following a curacy at St Mary Strood he emigrated to Africa where he was a Mission Priest before promotion to be the Archdeacon of Dar es Salaam then Provost of its cathedral. In 1967 he became Bishop of St Helena, a post he held 1973. He died on 6 March 1998, an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Southwark.