What is John Osmers?
'''John Robert Osmers''' {{post-nominals|country=NZL|CNZM|size=85%}} (23 February 1935 – 16 June 2021) was a New Zealand anti-[[apartheid]] activist. He was Anglican Bishop of Eastern [[Zambia]] from 1995 to 2002. He was born in [[Ashburton, New Zealand|Ashburton]], [[New Zealand]]. Osmers died in [[Lusaka]], Zambia on 16 June 2021 from problems caused by [[COVID-19]], aged 86.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://deaths.dompost.co.nz/obituaries/dominion-post-nz/obituary.aspx?n=john-osmers&pid=199109888 |title=John Osmers death notice |date=19 June 2021 |work=Dominion Post |access-date=19 June 2021}}</ref><ref name=bathandwells>{{Cite web |title=Zambia mourns the passing of Bishop John Osmers |work=The Diocese of Bath and Wells |date=18 June 2021 |access-date=22 June 2021 |url= https://www.bathandwells.org.uk/news/zambia-mourns-the-passing-of-bishop-john-osmers.php }}</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Osmers, John Robert}} [[Category:1935 births]] [[Category:2021 deaths]] [[Category:Deaths from the COVID-19 pandemic in Zambia]] [[Category:New Zealand activists]] [[Category:Anti-apartheid activists]] [[Category:Anglican bishops]] {{bio-stub}}