- Early years
- Bishop of Bloemfontein
- Bishop of Grahamstown
- Dean of Salisbury
- Role in creation of sisterhoods
- Styles and titles
- Notes and references
- External links
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Dean of Salisbury, Church of England (1901–1907)
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}}Allan Becher Webb (also spelled "Alan"; 1839 – 1907) was the second Bishop of Bloemfontein, afterward Bishop of Grahamstown and, later, Dean of Salisbury.{{Sfn|Lewis |Edwards|1935}} Early years Webb was born in 1839 in Calcutta, the son of Allan Webb M.D, surgeon in the Bengal Army, later Professor of Anatomy at the Calcutta Medical College, and was baptised on 17 November 1839 in India. Webb's first posting was as rector of Avon Dassett. Bishop of Bloemfontein On St. Andrew's Day (30 November) 1870 Webb responded to an appeal from Bishop Robert Gray of Cape Town to accept the Bishopric of Bloemfontein in the interior of South Africa. He was consecrated at Inverness Cathedral in Scotland and sailed for the Cape on 25 April 1871, arriving in Cape Town on 28 July. One of Webb's first tasks was to oversee the planting of the Anglican Church on the Diamond Fields in the west of the Diocese of Bloemfontein. From this foundation would eventually spring (in 1911) the Diocese of Kimberley and Kuruman. Other major works included the establishment of the Community of St Michael and All Angels, a nursing order based in Bloemfontein and Kimberley, where Sister Henrietta Stockdale pioneered aspects of nursing and provided for the first state registration of nurses in the world. Under Webb the Brotherhood of St Augustine of Hippo grew in strength at Modderpoort in the eastern Free State.{{Sfn|Lewis |Edwards|1935|pp=408 – 434}} Bishop of Grahamstown In 1883, on the advice of the Archbishop of Canterbury (Edward Benson) and of the Metropolitan Archbishop of Cape Town (William West Jones), Webb accepted his unanimous election as the Bishop of Grahamstown. There the cathedral congregation had been split by controversy between St George's and a pro-cathedral of St Michael. Webb's arrival is referred to as the "era of pacification" and by the end of 1885 he had succeeded in reuniting the divided factions. The building of the St. Michael and St. George Cathedral commenced in the 1890s,[2] the chancel being consecrated in 1893.{{Sfn|Lewis |Edwards|1935|pp=274 – 281}} Webb resigned from Grahamstown in 1898, going first as provost at Inverness Cathedral. Dean of Salisbury In June 1901, Webb became dean of Salisbury,[3] where he died in 1907. A set of three stained glass windows in Salisbury Cathedral were dedicated to his memory.{{Sfn|Lewis |Edwards|1935|p=280}} Role in creation of sisterhoods Webb was one of the first Anglican bishops to support and nurture corporate women's work in the church through the formation of sisterhoods:{{Sfn|Webb|1883}} The Community of St Michael and All Angels in Bloemfontein and Kimberley (a foremost member being Sister Henrietta); and the Community of the Resurrection of our Lord and St Peter's Home in Grahamstown (under the leadership of Mother Cecile){{Sfn|Lewis |Edwards|1935|p=280}} Styles and titles - Mr Alan Webb ( - 1863)
- The Revd Alan Webb (1863 - 1870)
- The Rt Revd Alan Webb (1870 - 1871)
- The Rt Revd Dr Alan Webb (1871 - )
Notes and references {{notelist|1}}1. ^1 {{Cite news| title = The Bishop Of Grahamstown In Cheltenham| newspaper= Cheltenham Chronicle| date = 13 April 1889| accessdate = 2014-09-07| url = http://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000517/18890413/033/0006| via= British Newspaper Archive|page= 6 col B|subscription =yes|issue= 4133}}
2. ^1 {{London Gazette |issue=27323 |date=14 June 1901 |page=4001}}
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}}{{refbegin}}- {{cite book|last1=Lewis|first1=Cecil |last2=Edwards|first2=G. E. |title=South Africa: The Growth of the Church of the Province|year=1935|publisher=Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge|location=London|url=http://www.anglicanhistory.org/africa/za/growth1935.html|ref= harv }}
- {{cite book|last=Webb|first=Allan Becher |title=Sisterhood Life and Woman's Work, in the Mission-Field of the Church|year=1883|publisher=Skeffington & Son|location=London |url=http://anglicanhistory.org/women/webb_sisterhood1883/|ref= {{SfnRef|Webb|1883}} }}
- {{cite DNB12 |wstitle=Webb, Allan Becher}}
{{refend}}{{Portal|Anglicanism}} External links - Bibliographical directory from Project Canterbury
- {{NPG name|name=Allan Becher Webb}}
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