Cecil Horsley

Cecil Douglas Horsley was Bishop of Colombo[1] then Gibraltar [2] in the mid 20th century.

He was born in Gillingham, Kent, on 26 July 1906[3] and educated at Brighton College[4] and Queens' College, Cambridge, before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with curacies at Romsey Abbey and St Saviour’s, Ealing.[5] After this he was vicar of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood,[6] before his elevation to the episcopate[7] in 1938.[8] He was translated to Gibraltar in 1947.[9] A sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died in post on 10 March 1953.[10][11]

Notes

  1. ↑ The Ceylon Liturgy
  2. ↑ Bishops of Gibraltar
  3. ↑ Family tree guide
  4. ↑ Who Was Who 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  5. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  6. ↑ Vicars of St John’s
  7. ↑ St Thomas' College
  8. ↑ "Bishop Of Colombo Young London Vicar Elected", The Times, Thursday 14 July 1938; pg. 13; Issue 48046; col D
  9. ↑ "Ecclesiastical News New Bishop Of Gibraltar", The Times, Saturday 3 May 1947; pg. 7; Issue 50751; col F
  10. ↑ Guild of all Souls
  11. ↑ "Obituary The Right Rev. C. D. Horsley Bishop Of Gibraltar", The Times, Wednesday 11 March 1953; pg. 10; Issue 52567; col D
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Mark Rodolph Carpenter-Garnier
Bishop of Colombo
1938– 1947
Succeeded by
Archibald Rollo Graham Campbell
Preceded by
Harold Jocelyn Buxton
Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe
1947– 1953
Succeeded by
Frederick William Thomas Craske