Henry Wolfe Baines (2 February 1905 – 29 November 1972) was an Anglican bishop.[1]
Baines was born in 1905 in Kingston, Surrey, the son of Talbot Baines and his wife Agnes (née Talbot).[2] He was educated at St George's School, Windsor Castle, Repton School and Balliol College, Oxford.[3] He was then a travelling secretary for the Student Christian Movement (1927-1929).[2]
After theological studies at Cuddesdon College he was ordained deacon in 1930 and priest in 1931, and began his ordained ministry as a curate at the University Church of St Mary the Virgin (1930-1934).[4] From 1934 he was chaplainofSt. John's Cathedral, Hong Kong,[5] then VicarofSt Nicholas' Church, Radford, Coventry (1938-1941) and finally, before his ordination to the episcopate, the Rector of St Andrew's Church, Rugby (1941-1949) and Rural DeanofRugby (1947-1949). In 1949 he became Bishop of Singapore.[6] He was consecrated bishop on 29 June 1949, by Geoffrey Fisher, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral (London, UK).[2] In 1960 he was translated to be the Bishop of Wellington; he died in office.[2]
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