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Irish-born Madagascan Anglican bishop
The Right Reverend
S. Hall Speers
Bishop of Mahajanga
ChurchChurch of England
Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean
DioceseMahajanga
In office2019–2024
PredecessorJean-Claude Andrianjafimanana
SuccessorDarrell Critch
Orders
Consecration2019
by James Wong
Personal details
BornOctober 1946 (age 78)
Northern Ireland

Samuel Hall Speers (born October 1946) is an Irish-born Anglican bishop. He served from 2019 to 2024 as the second diocesan bishop of Mahajanga, Madagascar, in the Church of the Province of the Indian Ocean.

Biography

Speers is a native of Urney, Northern Ireland. He attended Selwyn College, Cambridge and is married with three children. Speers became a priest in the Church of England; from 1996 to 2002, he was rural dean of Lafford.

Following his retirement from parish ministry, Speers was elected the second bishop of Mahajanga, a missionary diocese in Madagascar with at the time just 12 non-stipendiary priests serving 30 congregations. He was consecrated at by Archbishop James Wong in April 2019 at the cathedral in Mahajanga. Senate President Rivo Rakotovao was in attendance representing the Madagascar government.

During his episcopacy, Speers built partnerships with congregations in the Church of Ireland Diocese of Derry and Raphoe to raise funds for the missionary work in Mahajanga. He retired in March of 2024 after five years as bishop.

References

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Anglican Communion titles
Preceded byJean-Claude Andrianjafimanana Bishop of Mahajanga
2019–2024 		Succeeded byDarrell Critch
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