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About Richard Wood (bishop)
- Richard James Wood (25 August 1920 – 9 October 2008) was a British Anglican bishop and anti-apartheid campaigner.
- He was ordained in the Church of England and served his curacy in the Diocese of Salisbury.
- He then moved to South Africa and served in a number of parish posts before becoming the Suffragan Bishop of Damaraland in 1973.
- He was expelled from South Africa in 1975 for speaking out against the apartheid government.
- He returned to England permanently in 1977, and became Vicar of St Mary's Church, Hull and chaplain to the University of Hull; during this time, he was also an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of York.
- His final post before retirement, from 1979 to 1983, was as a member of staff of St Mark's Theological College, Dar es Salaam.
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