Cecil Douglas Horsley (26 July 190610 March 1953) was a British Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Colombo then of Gibraltar in the mid 20th century. He was born in

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, on 26 July 1906 and educated at Brighton College and

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, before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with curacies at Romsey Abbey and St Saviour's,

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. He was ordained priest on

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(15 June) 1930, by

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, at

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. After this he was

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of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood, before his elevation to the

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in 1938. He was consecrated Bishop of Colombo on All Saints' Day (17 November) 1938, by Cosmo Lang, Archbishop of Canterbury, at

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. He was translated to Gibraltar on 25 September 1947 (invested by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Lambeth Palace Chapel). A sub-prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died in post on 10 March 1953."Obituary The Right Rev. C. D. Horsley Bishop Of Gibraltar", ''The Times'', Wednesday 11 March 1953; p. 10; Issue 52567; col D

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1906 births People from Gillingham, Kent People educated at Brighton College Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge 20th-century Anglican bishops in Asia Anglican bishops of Colombo 20th-century Anglican bishops of Gibraltar 1953 deaths Sub-Prelates of the Venerable Order of Saint John British expatriates in Sri Lanka {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub