Henry Le Fanu

{{Short description|Australian bishop}}

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{{Use dmy dates|date=June 2019}}

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| honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend

| name = Henry Le Fanu

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| title = Archbishop of Perth

| image = Henry Le Fanu (01).png

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| church = Church of England

| province = Western Australia

| diocese = Perth

| term = 1929–1946

| predecessor = Charles Riley

| successor = Robert Moline

| other_post = {{ubl|Province of Western Australia|(ex officio)|Primate of Australia|(1935–1946)}}

| ordination = 1894 (as deacon)
1895 (as priest)

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| consecration = 21 September 1915

| consecrated_by = St Clair Donaldson

| birth_name = Henry Frewen Le Fanu

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1870|4|1|df=y}}

| birth_place = Dublin, Ireland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1946|9|9|1870|4|1|df=y}}

| death_place = Perth, Western Australia

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| religion = Anglican

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| parents = {{ubl|William Richard Le Fanu|Henrietta Victorine, {{née|Barrington}}}}

| spouse = {{ubl|{{marriage|Mary (Margery) Annette Ingle {{nee|Dredge}}|25 October 1904|1926|reason=d}}|{{marriage|Winifred Maud Whiteley|26 July 1941}}}}

| children = 3 sons, 3 daughters

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| previous_post = {{ubl|Coadjutor Bishop of Brisbane|(1915–1929)|Canon Residentiary and Archdeacon of St John's Cathedral, Brisbane|(1904–1915)}}

| education = Haileybury College

| alma_mater = Keble College, Oxford

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Henry Frewen Le Fanu (1 April 1870 – 9 September 1946) was an Anglican bishop in Australia.Order Of St John Of Jerusalem Promotions And Appointments (Official Appointments and Notices) The Times Wednesday, Jun 24, 1936; pg. 19; Issue 47409; col E[http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/le-fanu-henry-frewen-7158 Australian Dictionary of Biography Online edition]

Early life

Le Fanu was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was educated at Haileybury and Keble College, Oxford.

Religious life

Le Fanu was ordained in 1894,The Times, Tuesday, Dec 24, 1895; pg. 14; Issue 34768; col C London Ordinations he began his ecclesiastical career as a curate in Poplar.“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}} From 1899 to 1901 he was Chaplain to the Bishop of Rochester after which he held a similar post at Guy's Hospital. Emigrating to Australia he was successively Canon Residentiary and Archdeacon of St John's Cathedral, Brisbane (1904–1915), Coadjutor Bishop of Brisbane (1915–1929), Archbishop of Perth and Primate of Australia. He was consecrated a bishop on 21 September 1915 at the cathedral by St Clair Donaldson, Archbishop of Brisbane,{{Cite web|date=20 April 2010|title=Series PHOTS192 - Photographs|url=http://anglicanarchives.org.au/HDMS-HTML/PHOTS192.htm#PHOT03812|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409162722/http://anglicanarchives.org.au/HDMS-HTML/PHOTS192.htm#PHOT03812|archive-date=9 April 2013|access-date=6 August 2021|website=Anglican Church of Southern Queensland}} and appointed a Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.

Legacy

His former house in Cottesloe, Western Australia is named after him.{{cite web|title=Place No: 03306 Name: Le Fanu House|url=http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/viewplace.html?place_seq=3306&offset=0&view=listings|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://archive.today/20121127174146/http://register.heritage.wa.gov.au/viewplace.html?place_seq=3306&offset=0&view=listings|archive-date=27 November 2012|access-date=21 March 2012|work=Heritage Database|publisher=HCWA}}

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Further reading

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  • {{Alexander-Four Bishops}}

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