George Browne (archbishop of West Africa)
Birth and education. He was born in Cape Palmas, Liberia, and was educated at Cuttington University, in Suacoco, and later at the Virginia Theological Seminary in the United States. Ecclesiastical career. Browne was ordained deacon in 1962, and priest in 1963. He became Bishop of the Diocese of Liberia in 1970 and Archbishop of West Africa in 1982, retiring from both posts in 1989. Death. He died on 14 February 1993 in Milwaukee, United States (the home town of one of his children) after a long struggle with terminal illness and deteriorating health. George