Reginald Hollis
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. B.C. 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.
See also
References
- List of Anglican Bishops of Montreal Archived 2012-09-07 at Archive.today
- A conservative by nature, he showed liberal tendencies on some social issues
- "Who's Who" 1992 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3514-2
- Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- Westmount, Pierresfonds and Beaconsfield Crockfords (Ibid)
- Bishops of the Diocese of Montreal at "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-07. Retrieved 2012-09-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Lewis, D., 2004, The Future Shape of Anglican Ministry Regent College Publishing, p. 8.
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Preceded by Robert Kenneth Maguire |
Bishop of Montreal 1975–1990 |
Succeeded by Andrew Hutchison |
Preceded by Harold Nutter |
Metropolitan of Canada 1989–1990 |
Succeeded by Andrew Hutchison |