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4 unusual facts about Ezra Baya Lawiri


Ezra Baya Lawiri

Canon Ezra Baya Lawiri (c. 1917 – 29 March 1991) was a Sudanese teacher, Episcopalian priest and scholar, responsible for translating The Bible into the Moru language.

He is commemorated by a statue in niche 174 on the Great West Front of Salisbury Cathedral.

In July 2008 a statue of Lawiri was installed in niche 174 on the Great West Front of Salisbury Cathedral.

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Ezra Baya Lawiri, priest and scholar, was buried here following his death in 1991.



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