Edwin Curtis

The Most Rev Ernest Edwin Curtis was an Anglican Archbishop in the second half of the 20th century. He was born on Christmas Eve, 1906 [1] in Stalbridge[2] and educated at Sherborne School and the Royal College of Science. Ordained in 1934, he began his career with a curacy at Holy Trinity, Waltham Cross. From 1937 to 1944 he was Chaplain in charge of Rose Hill and Bambous, Mauritius and Principal of St Paul’s Theological College. On his return to England he was Priest in charge of St Wilfrid, Portsmouth, then Vicar of All Saints, in the same city. After this he was Rural Dean of Alverstoke [3] before his elevation to the Episcopate in 1973 as Bishop of Mauritius until 1976, when he was succeeded by Trevor Huddleston.[4] Later he became the first Archbishop of the Indian Ocean.[5] He died on 15 August 1999.

Notes

  1. “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  2. Genealogical web site
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. ”Turbulent Priest” McGrandle,P: London, Continuum, 2004 ISBN 0-8264-7123-4
  5. 76') National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Alan Francis Bright Rogers
Bishop of Mauritius
1966 1972
Succeeded by
Ghislain Elwyn Emmanuel
Preceded by
Inaugural appointment
Archbishop of the Indian Ocean
1973 1976
Succeeded by
Trevor Huddleston