Horace Price

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The Rt. Rev. Horace MacCartie Eyre Price, DD, MA was a missionary of the Anglican Church.

Horace Price was born in Malvern into an ecclesiastical family on 3 August 1863: his father was the Rev. W. Salter Price.[1] He was educated at Rossall School and Trinity College, Cambridge,[2] and ordained in 1886.[3] He was a CMS Missionary in Sierra Leone then a Curate in Wingfield, Suffolk before serving the Anglican Church in Japan where he eventually became Archdeacon of Osaka. In 1905 he became Bishop in Fukien,[4] serving until 1918. Returning to England he was Archdeacon of Ely and a Canon Residentiary at the cathedral until his death on 21 November 1941.[5]

Notes

  1. ^ “Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  2. ^ Price, Horace Mccartie Eyre in Venn, J. & J. A., Alumni Cantabrigienses, Cambridge University Press, 10 vols, 1922–1958.
  3. ^ "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  4. ^ Ecclesiastical Intelligence. New Bishop of Fukien The Times Wednesday, 13 December 1905; pg. 12; Issue 37889; col F
  5. ^ Obituaries The Times Saturday, 22 November 1941; pg. 6; Issue 49090; col E
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment
Bishop in Fukien
1905–1918
Succeeded by
John Hind