Reginald Hollis Explained

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, British Columbia, 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.

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References

  1. http://www.montreal.anglican.ca/z2bsp/bsp_past.htm List of Anglican Bishops of Montreal
  2. http://v1.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20101119.OBHOLLISATL/BDAStory/BDA/deaths A conservative by nature, he showed liberal tendencies on some social issues
  3. "Who's Who" 1992 London, A & C Black, 1991
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976
  5. [Westmount, Quebec|Westmount]
  6. Bishops of the Diocese of Montreal at Web site: Anglican Diocese of Montreal - About Us - Island of Montreal, Laurentians, South Shore and the Eastern Townships . 2012-09-07 . dead . https://archive.today/20120907073806/http://www.montreal.anglican.ca/z2bsp/bsp_past.htm . 2012-09-07 .
  7. Lewis, D., 2004, The Future Shape of Anglican Ministry Regent College Publishing, p. 8.