# Bob Mize

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**Robert "Bob" Herbert Mize Jr.** (4 February 1907 – 17 August 2000) was [Bishop of Damaraland](/source/Diocese_of_Namibia), [Southern Africa](/source/Southern_Africa) from 1960[1] to his expulsion in 1968.[2] He was born on 4 February 1907 into an ecclesiastical family in [Emporia, Kansas](/source/Emporia,_Kansas). His father [Robert Herbert Mize Sr.](/source/Robert_Herbert_Mize_Sr.) was [Missionary Bishop of Salina](/source/Episcopal_Diocese_of_Western_Kansas) from 1921 to 1938.[3] He was educated at the [University of Kansas](/source/University_of_Kansas).[4] After his ordination in 1932, he worked with disadvantaged boys at a mission in western Kansas.[5]

In 1945, he founded the St. Francis Boys Home[6] at [Ellsworth](/source/Ellsworth,_Kansas) in the centre of the state, a position he held until his elevation to the [episcopate](/source/Episcopate).[7] A supporter of the [Confraternity of the Blessed Sacrament](/source/Confraternity_of_the_Blessed_Sacrament) in the United States,[8] he died on 17 August 2000 and is buried in [Ellis County, Kansas](/source/Ellis_County,_Kansas).[9]

## References

1. "Ecclesiastical News Bishop Of Damaraland Nominated". *[The Times](/source/The_Times)*. August 16, 1960; pg. 10; Issue 54851; col D

1. "A Bishop Expelled". *The Times*. May 21, 1968; pg. 9; Issue 57256; col E

1. ["KANSAN NAMED BISHOP; Priest's Episcopal Diocese Covers South-West Africa"](https://www.nytimes.com/1960/08/16/archives/kansan-named-bishop-priests-episcopal-diocese-covers-southwest.html). *The New York Times*. 1960-08-16. [ISSN 0362-4331](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0362-4331). Retrieved 2022-08-17.

1. ["Religion: Christian Experiment"](https://content.time.com/time/subscriber/article/0,33009,793981,00.html). *Time*. 1947-12-22. [ISSN 0040-781X](https://www.worldcat.org/issn/0040-781X). Retrieved 2022-08-17.

1. [1935 Edition Yearbook of American Churches](https://archive.org/stream/yearbookofameric028315mbp/yearbookofameric028315mbp_djvu.txt)

1. [Prairie Spirit, Diocese of Western Kansas](http://www.westernkansas.org/files/_PSDec_Jan06.pdf) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20080511222043/http://www.westernkansas.org/files/_PSDec_Jan06.pdf) May 11, 2008 at the Wayback Machine

1. Neal, Emily Gardiner (1963). *Father Bob and His Boys*. Bobbs-Merrill, Indianapolis.

1. [Project Canterbury](http://anglicanhistory.org/cbs/mccune8.html)

1. [St Andrew’s cemetery, Buckey NW Township, Ellis Co, KS](http://www.jlangholz.com/standrewcemetery.html)

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