Anglican Archbishop of Brisbane, Reginald Halse, 1954

Sir Reginald Charles Halse KBE CMG (16 June 1881 – 9 August 1962) was the

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from 1925 to 1943 and then

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until his death in 1962. Halse was educated at

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and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was

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in 1906 and was an

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at St Saviour's Poplar and then

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of St Nicholas' Blackwall. He then emigrated to

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and was Warden of the Brotherhood of St Barnabas and then

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of All Souls' School,

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until his ordination to the

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. He was

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to Brisbane in 1943 and knighted in 1962. He died in office on 9 August 1962."Obituary: Archbishop of Brisbane",

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, 10 August 1962, p11.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Halse, Reginald Charles 1881 births People educated at St Paul's School, London Fellows of Brasenose College, Oxford Anglican bishops of Riverina 20th-century Anglican bishops in Australia 20th-century Anglican archbishops Anglican archbishops of Brisbane Australian Knights Commander of the Order of the British Empire Australian Companions of the Order of St Michael and St George 1962 deaths