Cecil Horsley
Cecil Douglas HorsleyChStJ (26 July 1906 – 10 March 1953) was a British Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Colombo[1] then of 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] He was ordained priest on Trinity Sunday (15 June) 1930, by Theodore Woods, Bishop of Winchester, at Winchester Cathedral.[6] After this he was vicar of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood,[7] before his elevation to the episcopate[8] in 1938.[9] He was consecrated Bishop of Colombo on All Saints' Day (17 November) 1938, by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[10]
He was translated to Gibraltar[11] on 25 September 1947 (invested by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace Chapel).[12] A chaplain[13] and a sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died in post on 10 March 1953.[14][15]
References
- ^The Ceylon Liturgy
- ^Bishops of GibraltarArchived 2011-07-11 at the Wayback Machine
- ^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
- ^"Trinity Ordinations". Church Times. No. 3517. 30 June 1930. p. 797. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 8 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^Vicars of St John’sArchived October 13, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
- ^St Thomas' College
- ^"Bishop of Colombo Young London Vicar Elected", The Times, Thursday 14 July 1938; p. 13; Issue 48046; col D
- ^"Bishops for Ceylon and Africa. Consecration in Westminster Abbey". Church Times. No. 3954. 4 November 1938. p. 506. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 7 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^"Ecclesiastical News New Bishop Of Gibraltar", The Times, Saturday 3 May 1947; p. 7; Issue 50751; col F
- ^"Church News. Personal". Church Times. No. 4402. 20 June 1947. p. 371. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 8 March 2021 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^"No. 38339". The London Gazette. 29 June 1948. p. 3787.
- ^"Guild of all Souls". Archived from the original on 20 November 2008. Retrieved 21 November 2009.
- ^"Obituary The Right Rev. C. D. Horsley Bishop Of Gibraltar", The Times, Wednesday 11 March 1953; p. 10; Issue 52567; col D
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