Leslie Gordon Vining CBE, (1885 – 4 March 1955) was an English Anglican bishop and the first Archbishop of the Church of the Province of West Africa, from 1951 to 1955.
He was made deacon at Michaelmas (24 September) 1911, by Handley Moule, Bishop of Durham, at Auckland Castle Chapel.
[1] He started out as an assistant curate at St. Gabriel's, Bishopwearmouth[2] and later became chaplain to British forces during World War I.
He was consecrated a bishop on All Saints' Day (17 November) 1938, by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.
[3] Vining was appointed the Bishop of Lagos in 1940 after the resignation of Melville Jones[4] in September 1940;[5] he returned to England for part of that year.