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Herbert Hall (bishop)

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The Right Reverend

Herbert Hall
Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney
ChurchScottish Episcopal Church
DioceseAberdeen and Orkney
Elected1943
In office1943–1955
PredecessorFrederic Deane
SuccessorFrederick Easson
Orders
Ordination1913
Consecration21 September 1943
by Logie Danson
Personal details
Born(1889-12-22)22 December 1889
Died6 December 1955(1955-12-06) (aged 65)
DenominationAnglican
ParentsCharles Hall & Barbara Black
SpouseHelen Maven Aitken
Children2
Alma materUniversity of Aberdeen

Herbert William Hall (22 December 1889 – 6 December 1955) was Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney in Scotland from 1943 to 1955.[1]

Biography

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The son of Charles Hall and Barbara Black,[2] he was educated at St John's School, New Pitsligo and the University of Aberdeen. He was a teacher at Peterhead Academy from 1904 to 1911 when he entered Edinburgh Theological College. He was ordained in 1913 and began his ecclesiastical career as a curate at St John the Evangelist, Greenock. After this he was Rector at St Mary, Port Glasgow, and then held further incumbencies in Galashiels and Portobello.[3]

He married Helen Maven Aitken in 1919 and had one son and one daughter.[4]

Notes

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  1. ^ ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8 pg 517
  2. ^ HALL, Rt Rev. Herbert William', Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 26 May 2012
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory London, OUP 1948 p2
  4. ^ Obituary: Bishop of Aberdeen And Orkney. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 7 December 1955; pg. 13; Issue 53397.
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney
1943–1955
Succeeded by