Herbert Hall (bishop) explained

Type:Bishop
Honorific Prefix:The Right Reverend
Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney
Church:Scottish Episcopal Church
Elected:1943
Term:1943–1955
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Predecessor:Frederic Deane
Successor:Frederick Easson
Ordination:1913
Consecration:21 September 1943
Consecrated By:Logie Danson
Birth Date:22 December 1889
Parents:Charles Hall & Barbara Black
Spouse:Helen Maven Aitken
Children:2
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Alma Mater:University of Aberdeen

Herbert William Hall (22 December 1889 – 6 December 1955) was Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney in Scotland from 1943 to 1955.[1]

Biography

The son of Charles Hall and Barbara Black,[2] he was educated at St John's School, New Pitsligo and the University of Aberdeen. He was a teacher at Peterhead Academy from 1904 to 1911 when he entered Edinburgh Theological College. He was ordained in 1913 and began his ecclesiastical career as a curate at St John the Evangelist, Greenock. After this he was Rector at St Mary, Port Glasgow, and then held further incumbencies in Galashiels and Portobello.[3]

He married Helen Maven Aitken in 1919 and had one son and one daughter.[4]

Notes and References

  1. ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark pg 517
  2. HALL, Rt Rev. Herbert William', Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 26 May 2012
  3. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  4. Obituary: Bishop of Aberdeen And Orkney. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 7 December 1955; pg. 13; Issue 53397.