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 as a curate 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 Anglican 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. "The Genealogical Information Database". Archived from the original on July 18, 2011. Retrieved 2009-07-25.CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. McGrandle, Piers (2004). Trevor Huddleston: Turbulent Priest. A&C Black. ISBN 978-0-8264-7123-9.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
  5. "Curtis; Ernest Edwin (1906-1999); archbishop of the Indian Ocean". Lambeth Palace Library. Retrieved 2016-05-28.
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by
Alan Francis Bright Rogers		 Bishop of Mauritius
1966 – 1972		 Succeeded by
Ghislain Elwyn Emmanuel
New title Archbishop of the Indian Ocean
1973 – 1976		 Succeeded by
Trevor Huddleston


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