Reginald Owen (bishop)
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Reginald Herbert Owen (25 May 1887 – 24 February 1961) was an Oxford don, public school headmaster and Anglican bishop.[http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='AA/AP/Fisher/1-271/235-260/250/60-1') National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives][https://nzetc.victoria.ac.nz/tm/scholarly/tei-BeaLife-t1-body-d3-d3.html#name-413648-mention NZETC]
Life and career
Born on 25 May 1887"Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} he was educated at Dulwich College[http://rammycricket.co.uk/Archive/Players/248/248740/248740.html Cricket archive] and Wadham College, Oxford.
File:Cathedral of Saint Paul, Wellington, New Zealand (44).JPG]] Alternating between secondary and tertiary education, he was an assistant master at Clifton College; a fellow and lecturer at Worcester College, Oxford; headmaster of Uppingham School; and fellow, chaplainCrockford's Clerical Directory1940–41 Oxford, OUP,1941 and lecturer at Brasenose College, Oxford, before his ordination to the episcopate as Bishop of Wellington in 1947. In addition he was Primate of New Zealand from 1952"New Primate of New Zealand", The Times, 12 March 1952, p. 6. until his resignation on 29 February 1960.
Owen died on 24 February 1961."Dr. R. H. Owen Former Primate of New Zealand", The Times, 25 February 1961, p. 8.
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External links
- [https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1301&dat=19530429&id=oKoUAAAAIBAJ&sjid=tLEDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7396,3681751 'Archbishop on Need for Unity'], Sydney Morning Herald 29 April 1953
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