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Cecil William Alderson was a British-born Anglican Bishop of (successively) Damaraland, Bloemfontein, and Mashonaland.

Early life

He was born on 11 March 1900, educated at Merchant Taylors' and St John's College, Oxford, and ordained in 1926 after a period of study at Ely Theological College.

He began his career with a curacy at St Matthew, Westminster. From 1925 to 1930 he was Vice-Principal of his old theological college then a missionary in Likoma. In 1938 he became Warden of St Paul's College, Grahamstown, then in 1944 archdeacon of Port Elizabeth. He was bishop of Damaraland from 1949 to 1951 when he was translated to Bloemfontein. His last post was as bishop of Mashonaland where he played a key role in the foundation of the Bernard Mizeki College from around 1958 till the time of his death.

He was admitted as a Sub-Prelate to the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died on 12 February 1968.

"Obituary Rt Rev C. W. Alderson". The Times. No. 57175. London. 14 February 1968. p. 12 col F.

Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
Preceded byHugh Latimer Gilmore Edwardes	Archdeacon of Port Elizabeth 1944–1948	Succeeded byThomas Bertram Powell
Preceded byGeorge Wolfe Robert Tobias	Bishop of Damaraland 1949–1951	Succeeded byJohn Dacre Vincent
Preceded byArthur Henry Howe-Browne	Bishop of Bloemfontein 1951–1957	Succeeded byBill Bendyshe Burnett
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded byEdward Francis Paget	Bishop of Mashonaland 1957–1968	Succeeded byJohn Paul Burrough

v t e Archdeacons of Port Elizabeth
William Llewellyn Theodore Wirgman Francis Flack Hugh Edwardes Cecil Alderson Thomas Powell Walter Bunyan

v t e Bishops of Damaraland and of Namibia
Damaraland	Nelson Fogarty Christopher Watts George Tobias Cecil Alderson John Vincent Bob Mize Colin Winter James Kauluma
Namibia	James Kauluma Shihala Hamupembe Nathaniel Nakwatumbah Luke Pato

v t e Bishops of Bloemfontein and of the Free State
Bloemfontein	Edward Twells, Bishop of the Orange Free State Allan Webb George Knight-Bruce Wale Hicks Arthur Chandler Walter Carey Arthur Howe-Browne Cecil Alderson Bill Burnett Frederick Amoore Thomas Stanage Patrick Glover
Free State	Patrick Glover Dintoe Letloenyane

v t e Bishops of Mashonaland, Southern Rhodesia, Harare and Manicaland
Mashonaland	George Knight-Bruce William Gaul Edmund Powell
Southern Rhodesia	Frederic Beaven Edward Paget
Mashonaland	Edward Paget Cecil Alderson Paul Burrough
Harare and Mashonaland	Patrick Murindagomo Peter Hatendi Jonathan Siyachitema Nolbert Kunonga Sebastian Bakare Chad Gandiya Farai Mutamiri
Harare	Patrick Murindagomo (suffragan) Sebastian Bakare Chad Gandiya Farai Mutamiri
Masvingo	Godfrey Tawonezvi
Manicaland	Julius Makoni Godfrey Tawonezvi

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