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The Rt Rev Samuel Heaslett (1875-1947) was an Anglican bishop.〔“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7〕 He was born in Belfast in 1875 and educated at Durham University where he obtained a First Class degree in Theology. Ordained in 1900〔The Times, Tuesday, Jun 12, 1900; pg. 13; Issue 36166; col C ''Ordinations- London''〕 he began his overseas mission career in the service of the Anglican Church in Japan as a Tutor at Osaka Divinity School after which he was a Missionary in Tokushima then a Professor at Tokyo Central Theological College〔Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941〕 before elevation to the Episcopate as the 4th Bishop of South Tokyo〔''Bishop Designate Of South Tokyo''The Times Wednesday, Oct 26, 1921; pg. 11; Issue 42861; col D〕 a post he held〔(Yokohama church history )〕 until he was arrested and imprisoned by the Japanese wartime authorities shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor in December 1941.〔(Time Magazine )〕 Concurrent with his role as Bishop of South Tokyo, Heaslett also served as the Presiding Bishop of the Nippon Sei Ko Kai from 1933 to 1940. Deported from Japan after four months,〔(National Library of Australia )〕 Heaslett returned to England to became an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Sheffield.〔(National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives )〕 Heaslett, along with Bishop Charles S. Reifsnider of the US Episcopal Church, returned briefly to Japan in May and June 1946 as a part of a mission sent by Archbishop Geoffrey Fisher to show support for the Nippon Sei Ko Kai in its efforts to renew and rebuild at the end of the Second World War. Heaslett died on 16 October 1947.〔''Obituary Right Rev. Samuel Heaslett Assistant Bishop Of Sheffield'' The Times Saturday, Oct 18, 1947; pg. 6; Issue 50895; col E〕 ==Notes== 〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samuel Heaslett」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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