{{Short description|Liberian politician}} '''Roland J. Diggs''' (1934–2019<ref name="obituary">{{cite web |title=Death Announcement RONALD JOSEPH DIGGS |url=https://www.tlcafrica2.com/death_diggs_ronald.html |website=www.tlcafrica2.com |publisher=TLC Africa}}</ref>) was a Liberian Lutheran bishop.<ref name="Chieh 2015 p. 105">{{cite book | last=Chieh | first=A.D.D. | title=The Spectacular Rise and Catastrophic Fall of Three Liberian Presidents | publisher=WestBow Press | year=2015 | isbn=978-1-4908-8337-3 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kg0vCgAAQBAJ&pg=PT105 | access-date=2022-02-25 | page=105}}</ref>
He was born on 11 September 1934.<ref name="obituary" /> He was elected as Vice President in August 1990 to the interim administration of Amos Sawyer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://allafrica.com/stories/200808010619.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303232228/https://allafrica.com/stories/200808010619.html |title=Liberia: Prof Amos Sawyer's Life As a Liberian |publisher=AllAfrica |date=1 August 2008 |archive-date=3 March 2016}}</ref><ref name="Liberia 1987 p. 301">{{cite book | title=Liberia | publisher=Central Intelligence Agency | year=1987 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ElYD-kYiLtMC&pg=PA301 | language=de | access-date=25 February 2022 | page=301}}</ref> He stepped down to concentrate on religious issues and was succeeded in April 1991 by Peter Naigow.<ref name="Mualay Entertainment Communications 1991 p. ">{{cite book | author=Mualay Entertainment Communications | title=West African Journal | publisher=Mualay Entertainment Communications | issue=v. 1,nr. 22 -v. 5,nr. 22 | year=1991 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=yXLxAAAAMAAJ | access-date=25 February 2022 | page=12}}</ref>
He died on 1 March 2019 in Lawrenceville, Georgia, USA.<ref name="obituary" />
== References == {{reflist}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Diggs, Roland}} Category:1934 births Category:2019 deaths Category:Americo-Liberian people Category:Vice presidents of Liberia Category:Liberian Lutheran clergy Category:Lutheran bishops in Africa Category:Liberian bishops
{{Liberia-politician-stub}} {{Lutheran-bishop-stub}}