Lucian Usher-Wilson
The Right Reverend Lucian Charles Usher-Wilson CBE | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Mbale | |
| Church | Anglican Communion |
| Diocese | Diocese of Mbale |
| Elected | 1961 |
| In office | 1961–1964 |
| Predecessor | (as Bishop on the Upper Nile) Arthur Kitching |
| Successor | Erisa Masaba |
| Other posts | Bishop on the Upper Nile (1936–1961); Assistant Bishop of Guildford; Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Bristol |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 28 October 1936 by Cosmo Lang |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 10 January 1903 United Kingdom |
| Died | 28 August 1984 (aged 81) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
| Profession | Anglican bishop, missionary, teacher |
| Alma mater | Lincoln College, Oxford |
Lucian Charles Usher-Wilson CBE (10 January 1903 – 28 August 1984) was a British Anglican bishop who served in Uganda during the mid-20th century and afterwards in England.
Usher-Wilson was educated at Lincoln College, Oxford. He was ordained deacon in 1927 and priest in 1929. He was a teacher at King's College, Budo from 1927 to 1933; and a CMS missionary until his appointment to succeed Arthur Kitching as diocesan Bishop on the Upper Nile in 1936. He was consecrated as a bishop on 28 October 1936, at St Paul's Cathedral by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Under his initiative, the Diocese on the Upper Nile was split in 1961 and Usher-Wilson remained as diocesan bishop of one part, afterwards called the Diocese of Mbale (so he became the first Bishop of Mbale); he resigned that See in 1964 and became Vicar of Churt and an Assistant Bishop of Guildford. On his retirement to Westbury-on-Trym in 1972, he was the longest-serving bishop at the time in any Anglican church; he became an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Bristol. He was appointed a Commander of the Order of the British Empire (CBE).