Reginald Halse

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Archbishop Reginald Halse, 1954

Sir Reginald Charles Halse KBE CMG[1] (16 June 1881 – 9 August 1962) was the Bishop of Riverina from 1925 to 1943 and then Archbishop of Brisbane until his death in 1962.[2]

Biography

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Halse was educated at St Paul's School, London and Brasenose College, Oxford.[3] He was ordained in 1906 and was an assistant priest at St Saviour's Poplar[4] and then priest in charge of St Nicholas' Blackwall.

He then emigrated to Australia and was Warden of the Brotherhood of St Barnabas[5] and then headmaster of All Souls' School, Charters Towers, Queensland until his ordination to the episcopate.[6] Halse served as the Bishop of Riverna from 1925[7] to 1943,[8] before becoming the Archbishop of Brisbane in 1943.[8][9]

Halse was knighted in the Queen's New Years Honours of 1962.[8] He died in office later that year, on 9 August 1962.[10]

References

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  1. ^ Details of latter career
  2. ^ List of archbishops Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Who was Who, 1897–1990 (London, A & C Black, 1991), Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
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  6. ^ In a Strange Land: A History of the Anglican Diocese of Riverina, L. Clyde, Hawthorn Press, Melbourne: 1979, Lua error in Module:Citation/CS1/Configuration at line 2172: attempt to index field '?' (a nil value).
  7. ^ "New Australian Bishop", The Times, 22 August 1925, p10.
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  9. ^ "New Archbishop of Brisbane", The Times, 20 November 1943, p3.
  10. ^ "Obituary: Archbishop of Brisbane", The Times, 10 August 1962, p11.

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