Background
He was born into an ecclesiastical family, educated at Aldenham and King"s College, Cambridge, and ordained in 1927 after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon.
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William Baker
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Education
Ripon College Cuddesdon.
Career
He was Chaplain of his old college and Assistant Curate of Street Giles with Street Peter’s Church, Cambridge from 1925 to 1932. After this he was Vicar of Street John The Baptist’s, Newcastle on Tyne when he was elevated to the episcopate. Baker was enthroned Anglican Bishop of Zanzibar in 1943.
In 1963, his diocese was renamed to become the Diocese of Zanzibar and Dar es Salaam, and in 1965 his diocese became the Diocese of Zanzibar and Tanga, when the Diocese of Dar es Salaam was partitioned out under John Sepeku, the first African diocesian bishop in Tanzania.
Baker continued to serve in his Diocese until 1968, when he returned to the United Kingdom to serve as both Assistant Bishop of Liverpool and as lecturer at Street Katharine"s College, Liverpool. Baker retired from lecturing in 1975, and from his position as Assistant Bishop in 1987.
He died on 30 November 1990.
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November 30, 1990 (aged 88)