Howard Mowll

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Howard West Kilvinton Mowll (1890-1958) was the Anglican Archbishop of Sydney from 1933 until his death. He strode tall (6'4") and loomed large across Australian evangelicalism. His vision for church planting, overseas missions, and church welfare work is unrivalled in Australian history. As a staunch evangelical, returning from the mission field of China, Mowll experienced early difficulties in a predominantly liberal Church before rising to national prominence during the war years, with his assistance rendered to many in need during this time. In 1947 he was elected Primate of Australia. One of his final great achievements (some say his wife Dorothy was the driving force behind the idea) was the purchase of a 60 hectare property at Castle Hill on Sydney’s rural fringes on which the first retirement village in Australia was created in 1958 for missionaries returning penniless from China. Today this site remains the flagship for Anglican Retirement Villages, Diocese of Sydney.