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John Willis
Bishop of Uganda
John Willis, photographed c. 1910–15
Diocese	Diocese of Uganda
In office	1912–1934
Predecessor	Alfred Tucker
Successor	Cyril Stuart
Other post(s)	assistant bishop in Leicester
Personal details
Born	(1872-01-08)8 January 1872
Died	12 November 1954(1954-11-12) (aged 82)

John Jamieson Willis CBE (8 November 1872 – 12 November 1954) was an Anglican bishop, Bishop of Uganda from 1912 to 1934 and subsequently Assistant Bishop of Leicester. He and William George Peel, Bishop of Mombasa, were accused of heresy during the Kikuyu controversy.

Biography

Born on 8 November 1872, the second son of Sir William Willis, Accountant-General of the Navy, and great-grandson of Joseph Tucker, Surveyor of the Navy Willis was educated at Haileybury and Pembroke College, Cambridge, where he took a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1894, Cambridge Master of Arts (MA Cantab) in 1899, and Doctor of Divinity (DD) in 1912. He was ordained in 1895 and began his career with a curacy in Great Yarmouth. Then he began a long period of service as a CMS missionary in Africa eventually becoming Archdeacon of Kavirondo before his appointment to the episcopate in 1912. In 1934 he returned to England to be Assistant Bishop of Leicester. He died on 12 November 1954.

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Anglican Communion titles
Preceded byAlfred Tucker	Bishop of Uganda 1912–1934	Succeeded byCyril Stuart

v t e Bishops of the dioceses in Buganda
Namirembe diocese	Eastern Equatorial Africa: James Hannington Henry Parker Alfred Tucker Uganda: Alfred Tucker John Willis Cyril Stuart Leslie Brown assistant (area) bishops: Aberi Balya Jim Brazier Festo Lutaya Kosiya Shalita Erica Sabiti Namirembe: Leslie Brown Dunstan Nsubuga Misaeri Kauma Samuel Ssekkadde Kityo Luwalira
West Buganda diocese	Festo Lutaya Stephen Tomusange Christopher Senyonjo Samuel Ssemakula Godfrey Makumbi Henry Katumba Tamale
Kampala diocese	for diocesan bishops, see Archbishop of Uganda assistant bishops: Lucas Gonahasa Eliphaz Maari Zac Niringiye Hannington Mutebi
Mityana diocese	George Senabulya Wilson Mutebi Dunstan Bukenya Stephen Kaziimba James Bukomeko
Mukono diocese	Livingstone Mpalanyi Nkoyoyo Michael Senyimba Paul Luzinda James Ssebaggala
Luweero diocese	Mesusera Bugimbi Evans Mukasa Eridard Nsubuga
Central Buganda diocese	George Sinabulya Jackson Matovu Micheal Lubowa

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