Background
Webb was born in 1839 in Calcutta and was baptised on 17 November 1839 in India.
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Allan Webb
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He was educated at Rugby School and subsequently at Corpus Christi College, Oxford University, becoming a fellow and tutor at University College.
Career
From 1864 to 1867 he was vice principal at Cuddesdon Theological College. Webb"s first posting was as rector of Avon Dassett. On Saint Andrew"s Day (30 November) 1870 Webb responded to an appeal from Bishop Robert Gray of Cape Town to accept the Bishopric of Bloemfontein in the interior of South Africa.
He was consecrated at Inverness Cathedral in Scotland and sailed for the Cape on 25 April 1871, arriving in Cape Town on 28 July.
From this foundation would eventually spring (in 1911) the Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman. Other major works included the establishment of the Community of Street Michael and All Angels, a nursing order based in Bloemfontein and Kimberley, where Sister Henrietta Stockdale pioneered aspects of nursing and provided for the first state registration of nurses in the world.
Under Webb the Brotherhood of Street Augustine of Hippo grew in strength at Modderpoort in the eastern Free State. In 1883, on the advice of the Archbishop of Canterbury (Edward Benson) and of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Town (William West Jones), Webb accepted his unanimous election as the There the cathedral congregation had been split by controversy between Street George"s and a pro-cathedral of Street Michael.
Webb"s arrival is referred to as the "era of pacification" and by the end of 1885 he had succeeded in reuniting the divided factions.
The building of the Saint Michael and Saint George Cathedral commenced in the 1890s, the chancel being consecrated in 1893. Webb resigned from Grahamstown in 1898, going first as provost at Inverness Cathedral. In June 1901, Webb became dean of Salisbury, where he died in 1907.
A set of three stained glass windows in Salisbury Cathedral were dedicated to his memory.
Webb was one of the first Anglican bishops to support and nurture corporate women"s work in the church through the formation of sisterhoods: The Community of Street Michael and All Angels in Bloemfontein and Kimberley (a foremost member being Sister Henrietta). And the Community of the Resurrection of our Lord and Street Peter"s Home in Grahamstown (under the leadership of Mother Cecile)
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The Revd Alan Webb (1863 - 1870)
The Rt Revd Alan Webb (1870 - 1871)
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