Sidney Lavis

Sidney Warren DeLavis (1873 – 1965)[1] was an eminent Anglican clergyman in the 20th century.

[2] He was born in 1873, educated at St Augustine's College, Canterbury[3] and ordained in 1899.

[4] He was Rector of St Paul’s, Cape Town, then the area’s Archdeacon[5] before his appointment as Dean of Cape Town.

In 1931 he was consecrated Coadjutor Bishop of Cape Town.

He died in July 1965.