Henry McGowan
The Rt Rev Henry McGowan, DD was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the first half of the 20th century.[1]
He was born in 1891,[2] educated at Bristol Grammar School and St Catharine's College, Cambridge and ordained in 1914.
After a period as a Curate in Cheltenham he was a Chaplain to the Forces during World War I and then served another curacy at St Michael’s, Bournemouth.[3] He was then Vicar at St Mark, Birmingham and Emmanuel, Southport[4] before becoming Rural Dean and then, in 1938, Archdeacon of Aston.[5] In November 1945 he was appointed Bishop of Wakefield[6] and consecrated in February 1946[7]
He died in office on 8 September 1948.[8] His son was later Headmaster at Haberdasher’s Aske’s.[9]
Notes
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ Church Web Site
- ↑ Bishops of Wakefield
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ↑ The Times, Saturday, 3 November 1945; p. 6; Issue 50290; col D Ecclesiastical News New Bishop Of Wakefield.
- ↑ The Times, Monday, 4 February 1946; p. 6; Issue 50367; col D Ecclesiastical News
- ↑ Obituary The Bishop Of Wakefield The Times Friday, 10 September 1948; p. 4; Issue 51173; col E
- ↑ Times on-line
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