Bill Flagg (bishop)

John William Hawkins Flagg was an Anglican missionary bishop from 1969 to 1977; and was later General Secretary of the South American Missionary Society. Born in Somerset on 16 June 1929 and ordained in 1959 he began his career with the post of Chaplain at the St Andrew's Mission, Asunción after which he was Archdeacon of Paraguay before his ordination to the episcopate as the Paraguay's first Anglican bishop. Translated to Peru in 1973 he returned to Britain in 1978 as Vicar of St Cyprian's, Edge Hill before another spell in South America. He died on 1 October 2008. He left behind six children, many grandchildren and one great grandchild.