Robert "Bob" Herbert Mize Jr. (4 February 1907 – 17 August 2000) was Bishop of Damaraland, Southern Africa from 1960 to his expulsion in 1968. He was born on 4 February 1907 into an ecclesiastical family in Emporia, Kansas. His father Robert Herbert Mize Sr. was Missionary Bishop of Salina from 1921 to 1938. He was educated at the University of Kansas. After his ordination in 1932, he worked with disadvantaged boys at a mission in western Kansas.
In 1945, he founded the St. Francis Boys Home at Ellsworth in the centre of the state, a position he held until his elevation to the episcopate. A supporter of the Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament in the United States, he died on 17 August 2000 and is buried in Ellis County, Kansas.
References
- "Ecclesiastical News Bishop Of Damaraland Nominated". The Times. August 16, 1960; pg. 10; Issue 54851; col D
- "A Bishop Expelled". The Times. May 21, 1968; pg. 9; Issue 57256; col E
- "KANSAN NAMED BISHOP; Priest's Episcopal Diocese Covers South-West Africa". The New York Times. 16 August 1960. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- "Religion: Christian Experiment". Time. 22 December 1947. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 17 August 2022.
- 1935 Edition Yearbook of American Churches
- Prairie Spirit, Diocese of Western Kansas Archived May 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
- Neal, Emily Gardiner (1963). Father Bob and His Boys. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis.
- Project Canterbury
- St Andrew’s cemetery, Buckey NW Township, Ellis Co, KS
| Religious titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded byJohn Vincent | Bishop of Damaraland 1960–1968 |
Succeeded byColin Winter |
| Bishops of Damaraland and of Namibia | |
|---|---|
| Damaraland | |
| Namibia | |
 | This Namibian biographical article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
 | This article about an African Anglican bishop is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
 | This about an Anti-Apartheid activist article is a stub. You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it. |
- 1907 births
- American educational theorists
- People from Emporia, Kansas
- University of Kansas alumni
- 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops
- Anglican bishops of Damaraland
- 2000 deaths
- People from Ellsworth, Kansas
- Scientists from Kansas
- Namibian people stubs
- African Anglican bishop stubs
- Apartheid stubs
- South African activist stubs