Cecil Horsley
Cecil Douglas Horsley was Bishop of Colombo[1] then Gibraltar [2] in the mid 20th century.
He was born in Gillingham, Kent, on 26 July 1906[3] and educated at Brighton College[4] and Queens' College, Cambridge, before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with curacies at Romsey Abbey and St Saviour’s, Ealing.[5] After this he was vicar of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood,[6] before his elevation to the episcopate[7] in 1938.[8] He was translated to Gibraltar in 1947.[9] A sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died in post on 10 March 1953.[10][11]
Notes
- ↑ The Ceylon Liturgy
- ↑ Bishops of Gibraltar
- ↑ Family tree guide
- ↑ Who Was Who 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ↑ Vicars of St John’s
- ↑ St Thomas' College
- ↑ "Bishop Of Colombo Young London Vicar Elected", The Times, Thursday 14 July 1938; pg. 13; Issue 48046; col D
- ↑ "Ecclesiastical News New Bishop Of Gibraltar", The Times, Saturday 3 May 1947; pg. 7; Issue 50751; col F
- ↑ Guild of all Souls
- ↑ "Obituary The Right Rev. C. D. Horsley Bishop Of Gibraltar", The Times, Wednesday 11 March 1953; pg. 10; Issue 52567; col D
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Colombo 1938– 1947 |
Succeeded by Archibald Rollo Graham Campbell |
| Preceded by | Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe 1947– 1953 |
Succeeded by Frederick William Thomas Craske |
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