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The Rt Rev John William Hawkins Flagg was an eminent 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 elevation to the Episcopate as the inaugural Bishop of that country.