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{{Portal|Anglicanism}}[[Venerable|The Ven.]] '''Francis Harry House ''', [[OBE]], [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|MA]] was [[Archdeacon of Macclesfield]] from 1967 to 1978. |
{{Portal|Anglicanism}}[[Venerable|The Ven.]] '''Francis Harry House ''', [[OBE]], [[Master of Arts (Oxbridge and Dublin)|MA]] was [[Archdeacon of Macclesfield]] from 1967 to 1978. |
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Born into an ecclesiastical family on 9 August 1908, <ref>His father was [[Canon (priest)|Canon]] ''William Joseph House'', [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]] sometime [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Copford]] ‘House, Ven. Francis Harry’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011 ; online edn, Nov 2011 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U17171, accessed 16 July 2012]</ref> he was educated at [[St George's School, Harpenden]] and [[Wadham College, Oxford]] and[[ordained]] after a period of study at [[Ripon College Cuddesdon]] in 1937. He was successively: Assistant Missioner at the [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]] Mission at [[Walworth]]; Travelling Secretary of the World’s Student Christian Federation at [[Geneva]] from 1938 to 1940.; [[Curate]] of [[Leeds Parish Church]] from 1940 to 1942; <ref>[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]]1947-48 Oxford, [[OUP]],1947</ref>Overseas Assistant of the [[BBC]] [[Religious Broadcasting Department]] in [[London]] from 1942 to 1944;representative of World Student Relief in Greece from 1944–46; Secretary of the Youth Department [[World Council of Churches]] in [[Geneva]] and the World Conference of Christian Youth, Oslo in 1946 and 1947 respectively;Head of Religious Broadcasting at the [[BBC]] in [[London]] from 1947 to 1955; Associate General Secretary of the [[World Council of Churches]] in Geneva from 1955 to 1962; and [[Vicar]] of St Giles, [[Pontefract]] <ref>[http://www.stgilesonline.org.uk/ Church web site]</ref> before his years as an [[Archdeacon]]. |
Born into an ecclesiastical family on 9 August 1908, <ref>His father was [[Canon (priest)|Canon]] ''William Joseph House'', [[Doctor of Divinity|DD]] sometime [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Copford]] ‘House, Ven. Francis Harry’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011 ; online edn, Nov 2011 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U17171, accessed 16 July 2012]</ref> he was educated at [[St George's School, Harpenden]] and [[Wadham College, Oxford]] and[[ordained]] after a period of study at [[Ripon College Cuddesdon]] in 1937. He was successively: Assistant Missioner at the [[Pembroke College, Cambridge]] Mission at [[Walworth]]; Travelling Secretary of the World’s Student Christian Federation at [[Geneva]] from 1938 to 1940.; [[Curate]] of [[Leeds Parish Church]] from 1940 to 1942; <ref>[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]]1947-48 Oxford, [[OUP]],1947</ref>Overseas Assistant of the [[BBC]] [[Religious Broadcasting]] [[Department]] in [[London]] from 1942 to 1944;representative of World Student Relief in Greece from 1944–46; Secretary of the Youth Department [[World Council of Churches]] in [[Geneva]] and the World Conference of Christian Youth, Oslo in 1946 and 1947 respectively;Head of Religious Broadcasting at the [[BBC]] in [[London]] from 1947 to 1955; Associate General Secretary of the [[World Council of Churches]] in Geneva from 1955 to 1962; and [[Vicar]] of St Giles, [[Pontefract]] <ref>[http://www.stgilesonline.org.uk/ Church web site]</ref> before his years as an [[Archdeacon]]. |
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He died on 1 September 2004. <ref>''The Ven Francis House'' [[The Times]](London, England), Tuesday, September 14, 2004; pg. 33; Issue 68180</ref> |
He died on 1 September 2004. <ref>''The Ven Francis House'' [[The Times]](London, England), Tuesday, September 14, 2004; pg. 33; Issue 68180</ref> |
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==Notes== |
==Notes== |
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Revision as of 16:09, 16 July 2012
The Ven. Francis Harry House , OBE, MA was Archdeacon of Macclesfield from 1967 to 1978.
Born into an ecclesiastical family on 9 August 1908, [1] he was educated at St George's School, Harpenden and Wadham College, Oxford andordained after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon in 1937. He was successively: Assistant Missioner at the Pembroke College, Cambridge Mission at Walworth; Travelling Secretary of the World’s Student Christian Federation at Geneva from 1938 to 1940.; Curate of Leeds Parish Church from 1940 to 1942; [2]Overseas Assistant of the BBC Religious Broadcasting Department in London from 1942 to 1944;representative of World Student Relief in Greece from 1944–46; Secretary of the Youth Department World Council of Churches in Geneva and the World Conference of Christian Youth, Oslo in 1946 and 1947 respectively;Head of Religious Broadcasting at the BBC in London from 1947 to 1955; Associate General Secretary of the World Council of Churches in Geneva from 1955 to 1962; and Vicar of St Giles, Pontefract [3] before his years as an Archdeacon. He died on 1 September 2004. [4]
Notes
- ^ His father was Canon William Joseph House, DD sometime Rector of Copford ‘House, Ven. Francis Harry’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2011 ; online edn, Nov 2011 accessed 16 July 2012
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1947-48 Oxford, OUP,1947
- ^ Church web site
- ^ The Ven Francis House The Times(London, England), Tuesday, September 14, 2004; pg. 33; Issue 68180
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