Cecil Horsley

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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Unsubst". Cecil Douglas Horsley (26 July 1906Template:Snd10 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 sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died in post on 10 March 1953.[13][14]

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  1. ↑ The Ceylon Liturgy
  2. ↑ Bishops of Gibraltar Script error: No such module "webarchive".
  3. ↑ Family tree guide
  4. ↑ Who Was Who 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 Template:ISBN
  5. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940–41 Oxford, OUP,1941
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  7. ↑ Vicars of St John’s Script error: No such module "webarchive".
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  9. ↑ "Bishop of Colombo Young London Vicar Elected", The Times, Thursday 14 July 1938; p. 13; Issue 48046; col D
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  11. ↑ "Ecclesiastical News New Bishop Of Gibraltar", The Times, Saturday 3 May 1947; p. 7; Issue 50751; col F
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  13. ↑ Script error: No such module "citation/CS1".
  14. ↑ "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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