Reginald Owen (bishop)
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Reginald Herbert Owen (25 May 1887 – 24 February 1961) was an Oxford don, public school headmaster and Anglican bishop.[1][2]
Life and career
Born on 25 May 1887[3] he was educated at Dulwich College[4] and Wadham College, Oxford.
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Alternating between secondary and tertiary education, he was an assistant master at Clifton College; a fellow and lecturer at Worcester College, Oxford; headmaster of Uppingham School; and fellow, chaplain[5] and lecturer at Brasenose College, Oxford, before his ordination to the episcopate as Bishop of Wellington in 1947. In addition he was Primate of New Zealand from 1952[6] until his resignation on 29 February 1960. In 1953, he was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal.[7]
Owen died on 24 February 1961.[8]
