Reginald Herbert Owen (25 May 1887 – 24 February 1961) was an Oxford don, public school headmaster and Anglican bishop.
Life and career
Born on 25 May 1887 he was educated at Dulwich College 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 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 until his resignation on 29 February 1960.
Owen died on 24 February 1961.
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
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| Preceded byHerbert St Barbe Holland | Bishop of Wellington 1947–1960 |
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