Cecil Douglas Horsley (26 July 1906 – 10 March 1953) was a British Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Colombo [1] then of Gibraltar [2] in the mid 20th century.
He was born in Gillingham, Kent, on 26 July 1906 [3] and educated at Brighton College [4] and Queens' College, Cambridge, before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with curacies at Romsey Abbey and St Saviour's, Ealing. [5] He was ordained priest on Trinity Sunday (15 June) 1930, by Theodore Woods, Bishop of Winchester, at Winchester Cathedral. [6] After this he was vicar of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, [7] before his elevation to the episcopate [8] in 1938. [9] He was consecrated Bishop of Colombo on All Saints' Day (17 November) 1938, by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey. [10]
He was translated to Gibraltar [11] on 25 September 1947 (invested by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace Chapel). [12] A sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died in post on 10 March 1953. [13] [14]
Cecil Douglas Horsley (26 July 1906 – 10 March 1953) was a British Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Colombo [1] then of Gibraltar [2] in the mid 20th century.
He was born in Gillingham, Kent, on 26 July 1906 [3] and educated at Brighton College [4] and Queens' College, Cambridge, before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with curacies at Romsey Abbey and St Saviour's, Ealing. [5] He was ordained priest on Trinity Sunday (15 June) 1930, by Theodore Woods, Bishop of Winchester, at Winchester Cathedral. [6] After this he was vicar of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, [7] before his elevation to the episcopate [8] in 1938. [9] He was consecrated Bishop of Colombo on All Saints' Day (17 November) 1938, by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey. [10]
He was translated to Gibraltar [11] on 25 September 1947 (invested by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace Chapel). [12] A sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died in post on 10 March 1953. [13] [14]