Horace Crotty
Template:Anglican Portal The Right Reverend Horace Crotty (9 October 1886 – June 1952) was a noted liberal clergyman[1], who served as Anglican Bishop of Bathurst from 1928 until 1936. Crotty was educated at Melbourne Grammar School and Trinity College in the same city[2] . Ordained in 1910 whilst Head teacher of All Saints' Grammar School, Melbourne he was Vicar of Ivanhoe, then Rector of St Thomas, North Sydney before a period as a wartime chaplain. When peace returned he was appointed Dean of Newcastle where he served until his elevation to the Colonial Episcopate. On the resignation of his see [3] he was appointed Vicar of St Pancras, London [4]. A noted freemason[5], in 1943 he retired to Brighton where he died nine years later[6].
Notes
- ^ Liberal views
- ^ Who was Who 1987-1990: London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ^ The Times, Friday, Nov 29, 1935; pg. 17; Issue 47234; col F Ecclesiastical News Bishop Of Bathurst to resign
- ^ Fomer vicars of St Pancras
- ^ ”10,000 Famous Freemasons from A to J Part One” Denslow,R: Kessinger, Whitefish, 2004 ISBN 1417975784
- ^ The Times, Saturday, Jan 19, 1952; pg. 8; Issue 52213; col F Bishop Crotty Obituary
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