Brown, Leslie

Date of Creation: 1979 to 1989
Extent: 70 items
CCCW Catalogue: BRO
Keywords: Uganda, Church of Uganda, church and state, Anglican Church

Leslie Brown was the first Archbishop of the Church of Uganda (Anglican). On his return to England, he served as bishop of St. Edmundsbury and Ipswich. The collection is primarily correspondence to and from the Browns on their retirement. This includes description and details of the political situation in Uganda during the rule of Milton Obote, as described by Catholic and Protestant religious leaders and Obote himself. There are also notes and documents related to the Browns’ visit to Uganda in 1987.

Further resources

• Papers related to Brown’s missionary service in Uganda are available in the CMS archive in Birmingham.
• .pdf catalogue of this collection: BRO Brown