Henry Baines (bishop) explained

Henry Wolfe Baines (2 February 1905  - 29 November 1972) was an Anglican bishop.^[1]

Early life

Baines was born in 1905 in Kingston, Surrey, the son of Talbot Baines and his wife Agnes (née Talbot).^[2] He was educated at St George's School, Windsor Castle, Repton School and Balliol College, Oxford.^[3] He was then a travelling secretary for the Student Christian Movement (1927-1929).^[4]

Clerical career

After theological studies at Cuddesdon College he was ordained deacon in 1930 and priest in 1931, and began his ordained ministry as a curate at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin (1930-1934).^[5] From 1934 he was chaplain of St. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong,^[6] then Vicar of St Nicholas' Church, Radford, Coventry (1938-1941) and finally, before his ordination to the episcopate, the Rector of St Andrew's Church, Rugby (1941-1949) and Rural Dean of Rugby (1947-1949). In 1949 he became Bishop of Singapore.^[7] He was consecrated bishop on 29 June 1949, by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral (London, UK).^[8] In 1960 he was translated to be the Bishop of Wellington; he died in office.^[9]

References

1. Bishop Baines Obituary The Times, 2 December 1972; pg. 16; Issue 58647; col G
2. Blain, Michael. Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific – ordained before 1932 (2019) p. 70 (Accessed at Project Canterbury, 26 June 2019)
3. [Who's Who|"Who was Who" 1897-1990]
4. Blain, Michael. Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific – ordained before 1932 (2019) p. 70 (Accessed at Project Canterbury, 26 June 2019)
5. http://www.university-church.ox.ac.uk/ Church website
6. http://anglicanhistory.org/nz/blain_directory/directory.pdf Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican Clergy
7. Bishop of Singapore Consecration in St. Paul's (News), The Times, 30 June 1949; pg. 7; Issue 51421; col C
8. Blain, Michael. Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific – ordained before 1932 (2019) p. 70 (Accessed at Project Canterbury, 26 June 2019)
9. Blain, Michael. Blain Biographical Directory of Anglican clergy in the South Pacific – ordained before 1932 (2019) p. 70 (Accessed at Project Canterbury, 26 June 2019)