Record

LevelSub-fonds
Finding Number (Click this to view full catalogue structure)CMS/ACC546
TitleAccession 546
Extent1 file
Datec 1965
DescriptionAutobiography of Rt Rev Aberi Kakyomya Balya
ArrangementThis collection forms part of the Church Missionary Society Unofficial Papers. It is arranged into one series: Miscellaneous Papers
LanguageEnglish
Finding AidsA catalogue of this collection (forming part of the wider CMS/ACC unofficial papers catalogue) is available on the online archive catalogue. Click on the Finding Number to display the summary contents list of the catalogue and to view the full catalogue. A paper copy of this catalogue is also available for consultation at Special Collections.
Access StatusOpen
Administrative HistoryAberi Kakyomya Balya was born in 1881in a small village in Uganda. As a young man he became interested in Christianity and was baptised in 1901. He later became a teacher and was encouraged by missionaries with whom he came into contact to undertake missionary work. He was ordained in 1922 and became assistant bishop of Uganda in 1948. He had already been made a CMS honorary governor for life in 1940. He retired in 1960.
Custodial HistoryDeposited with the CMS in March 1985 and transferred to the Special Collections Department in 2005

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