Reginald Hollis

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Reginald Hollis was the 9th [1] Anglican bishop of Montreal from 1975 to 1990.

Born on 18 July 1932 in Bedworth, UK, he died in Victoria, British Columbia, on November 9, 2010. [2] He served in the Royal Air Force during the Second World War before he enrolled in theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and McGill University [3] before studying for ordination and embarking on an academic ecclesiastical career with chaplaincies at the Montreal Diocese Theological College (where he also lectured [4] ) and McGill. Pastoral posts in Quebec [5] led to an administrative role as director of parish and diocesan services back in Montreal and in the mid-1970s elevation to that see's bishopric. In 1989, he was appointed as Metropolitan of the Province of Canada. [6]

On his retirement to Florida in 1990, he became the episcopal director of the Anglican Fellowship of Prayer [7] and an honorary assistant bishop within the Episcopal Diocese of Central Florida.

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References

  1. List of Anglican Bishops of Montreal Archived 2012-09-07 at archive.today
  2. A conservative by nature, he showed liberal tendencies on some social issues
  3. "Who's Who" 1992 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN   0-7136-3514-2
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN   0-19-200008-X
  5. Westmount, Pierresfonds and Beaconsfield Crockfords (Ibid)
  6. Bishops of the Diocese of Montreal at "Anglican Diocese of Montreal - About Us - Island of Montreal, Laurentians, South Shore and the Eastern Townships". Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2012-09-07.
  7. Lewis, D., 2004, The Future Shape of Anglican Ministry Regent College Publishing, p. 8.
Religious titles
Preceded by Bishop of Montreal
19751990
Succeeded by
Preceded by Metropolitan of Canada
19891990
Succeeded by