Reginald Herbert Owen (25 May 1887 – 24 February 1961) was an Oxford don, public school headmaster and Anglican bishop.[1][2]
Life and career
Born on 25 May 1887[3] he was educated at Dulwich College[4] and Wadham College, Oxford.
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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, chaplain[5] 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[6] until his resignation on 29 February 1960.
Owen died on 24 February 1961.[7]
Notes
- ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
- ^ NZETC
- ^ "Who was Who" 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Cricket archive
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ "New Primate of New Zealand", The Times, 12 March 1952, p. 6.
- ^ "Dr. R. H. Owen Former Primate of New Zealand", The Times, 25 February 1961, p. 8.
External links
- 'Archbishop on Need for Unity', Sydney Morning Herald 29 April 1953