Edmund Powell

Who was Edmund Powell?

The Rt Rev Edmund Nathanael Powell, DD was Bishop of Mashonaland from 1908 to 1910.

He was born in Buckhurst Hill on 2 September 1859, educated at Winchester and Trinity College, Oxford

and ordained in 1884. His first post was a curacy in Chelmsford after which he was Priest in charge of the Becton Mission. He was then Vicar of St Stephen, Upton Park before his elevation to the Episcopate. On his return he held further Incumbencies at St Saviour, Poplar and St Nicholas Castle Hedingham. He died on 11 April 1928.