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The Right Reverend


Charles A. W. Aylen
Bishop of St Helena
Bishop in robes
C.A.W. Aylen, 1930
ChurchAnglican
ProvinceSouthern Africa
DioceseSt Helena and Zululand
Personal details
Born1882
Died15 August 1972(1972-08-15) (aged 89–90)

Charles Arthur William Aylen (1882 – 15 August 1972) was an Anglican bishop.[1]

Education[edit]

Aylen was born in Wick, Scotland.[2] He was educated at Bradfield College and Keble College, Oxford.[3][4]

Career[edit]

He was ordained in 1906 and his first post was a curacyinHenley on Thames.[5]

He was vicar of Shiplake from 1913 to 1925. During World War I he was a Royal Navy chaplain.[6] He became a temporary chaplain in July 1916, and served on HMS St. Vincent. He was recognised as an officer of exceptional ability,a 'very fine example of all that a Chaplain should or could be'[7]

In 1926 he went to Empangeni in the Diocese of Zululand as a missionary priest. He was the bishop of Zululand from 1930 to 1935. While he was bishop of Zululand he married Elizabeth Hills.[8] He was translated to the Diocese of St Helena and was bishop there from 1935 to 1939.[9]

He was vicar of Aston Tirrold from 1939 to 1945 and Flore from 1945 to 1958 and rural deanofWeedon from 1947 to 1951. He was also a non-residentiary Canon of Peterborough (1946–1961) and an Assistant Bishop of Peterborough (1950–1963).[3]

Family[edit]

He married Elisabeth Margaret Anna Hills in 1932 and they had two sons and one daughter.

Notes[edit]

  1. ^ Obituary: C.A.W. Aylen The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 16 August 1972; pg. 12; Issue 58554
  • ^ "Census Transcription". England, Wales & Scotland Census. 1901. Retrieved 21 June 2015 – via Findmypast.
  • ^ a b Aylen, Charles Arthur William’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920 – 2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 26 May 2012
  • ^ "School & university registers". Retrieved 21 June 2015 – via Findmypast.
  • ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory London, OUP, 1948
  • ^ H.M. Stationery Office (2012). Navy List January 1919 - Volume 1: (Corrected to 18th December 1918). Andrews UK Limited. p. 451. ISBN 978-1-78150-853-4.
  • ^ TNA ADM6/444/628
  • ^ "Bishop To Marry". Sunderland Daily Echo and Shipping Gazette. 16 November 1932. p. 5 col A. Retrieved 30 September 2014 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  • ^ "Diocesan web site". Archived from the original on 14 February 2016. Retrieved 26 May 2012.
  • External links[edit]

    Media related to Charles Arthur William Aylen at Wikimedia Commons

    Anglican Church of Southern Africa titles
    Preceded by

    Wilmot Vyvyan

    Bishop of Zululand
    1930–1935
    Succeeded by

    Albert Lee

    Preceded by

    Christopher Watts

    Bishop of St Helena
    1935–1939
    Succeeded by

    Gilbert Turner


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