Arthur Browne (bishop)
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Arthur Heber Browne (186410 June 1951) was the inaugural
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. Born in 1864 and educated at
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, he was ordained in 1887. After a
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at
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he was appointed the
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of
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in 1890. He then served the
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before a lengthy spell as Missioner within the
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. His final post (before his appointment to the
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) was at the united parish of St Michael and All Angels with All Saints,
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. A colourful character,Dispute about The Duke of Windsor
/ref> he died on 10 June 1951.


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1864 births 1951 deaths Alumni of St Edmund Hall, Oxford 20th-century Anglican bishops in Bermuda Anglican bishops of Bermuda {{Anglican-bishop-stub