Oliver Lyseight
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BornDecember 11, 1919
DiedFebruary 20, 2006 (aged 86)
Wolverhampton, England
KnownforFounding Father of the New Testament Church of God England & Wales
Oliver Lyseight | |
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| Born | December 11, 1919 |
| Died | February 20, 2006 (aged 86) Wolverhampton, England |
| Known for | Founding Father of the New Testament Church of God England & Wales |
Oliver Augustus Lyseight (1919–2006)[1][2] was a Bishop and the co-founder, alongside Bishop Herman Brown,[3] of the New Testament Church of God, one of Britain's largest black-majority churches.
Lyseight was born in Claremont, Jamaica on 11 December 1919.[4] He migrated to England from Jamaica in 1951.
As of 2024, the church, which is denominationally Pentecostal, claims over 130 distinct branches and 11,000 members. Lyseight was a spiritual leader to the "Windrush generation", the first Caribbeans to emigrate in significant numbers to Britain, notably in 1948 aboard the HMT Empire Windrush.[5]
Lyseight died on 28 February 2006 in West Park Hospital in Wolverhampton. at the age of 86.[4]
