Arthur Henry Howe Browne (16 October 1881 – 8 September 1961) was Bishop of Bloemfontein from 1935 to 1951. He was educated at Winchester and

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, and

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in 1906 after a period of study at Cuddesdon. He began his career with curacies in

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and

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. From 1909 to 1916 he was

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of St John the Baptist, Kensington. From 1921-1934 he was vicar of St John the Divine Kennington and also Chaplain to St Gabriels College Camberwell During this time he was

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and a Canon of

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until his appointment to the

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. After retirement he lived in

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until his death. He was consecrated a bishop on 28 January 1935, by Francis Phelps, Archbishop of Cape Town, at St. George's Cathedral, Cape Town.

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1881 births People educated at Winchester College Alumni of Balliol College, Oxford Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon 20th-century Anglican Church of Southern Africa bishops Anglican bishops of Bloemfontein 1961 deaths {{Christianity-bio-stub