Sir Reginald Charles Halse KBE CMG1 (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
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 Poplar4 and then priest in charge of St Nicholas' Blackwall.
He then emigrated to Australia and was Warden of the Brotherhood of St Barnabas5 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 19257 to 1943,8 before becoming the Archbishop of Brisbane in 1943.89
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
References
- Details of latter career
- List of archbishops Archived 19 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
- Who was Who, 1897–1990 (London, A & C Black, 1991), ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
- "Church history". Archived from the original on 31 December 2008. Retrieved 10 November 2008.
- Rayner, K., "Halse, Sir Reginald Charles (1881–1962)", Australian Dictionary of Biography, Canberra: National Centre of Biography, Australian National University, retrieved 23 October 2022
- In a Strange Land: A History of the Anglican Diocese of Riverina, L. Clyde, Hawthorn Press, Melbourne: 1979, ISBN 0-7256-0217-1
- "New Australian Bishop", The Times, 22 August 1925, p10.
- "Thirteen Australians Named as Knights in New Years Honours". Sydney Morning Herald. 1 January 1962. p. 1.
- "New Archbishop of Brisbane", The Times, 20 November 1943, p3.
- "Obituary: Archbishop of Brisbane", The Times, 10 August 1962, p11.