Henry Horace Pereira (16 January 1845 – 1 January 1926) was an Anglican suffragan bishop during the first quarter of the 20th century.
Henry Pereira | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Croydon | |
 1904 photograph of Pereira | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Canterbury |
| In office | 1904–1924 (ret.) |
| Successor | Edward Woods |
| Other post(s) | Rector of All Hallows Lombard Street (1904–1926) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1869 |
| Consecration | 1904 by Randall Davidson (Canterbury) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 January 1845 |
| Died | 1 January 1926 (aged 80) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Dublin |
Pereira was born in 1845,[1] educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1869.[2] He served two curacies[3] before becoming the first Warden of the Wilberforce Memorial Mission in South London. Hampshire incumbencies[4] followed before a 30-year association with the Croydon area (which was then a peculiar of the Archbishop of Canterbury, firstly as Rural Dean and (from 1904) Bishop of Croydon, suffragan bishop to the Archbishop.[5] He was consecrated a bishop on the Feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul 1904 (25 January), at Westminster Abbey by Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury.[6] As an endowment, he was also appointed to All Hallows Lombard Street in the same year;[7] when he resigned his See in 1924,[8] he retained the benefice of Lombard-Street until death.[1]
He was Honorary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral, and an Honorary Chaplain to Queen Victoria from January 1900 until her death the following year.[9]
"A man of great energy and a most effective speaker",[10] he died on New Year's Day, 1926.
References edit
- ^ a b "Pereira, Henry Horace". Who's Who & Who Was Who (2007 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 20 September 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ The Times, Thursday, 23 December 1869; pg. 4; Issue 26628; col E Ordinations
- ^ at Eston and Southampton "Who's Who (ibid)
- ^ Again Southampton; and Chilbolton "Who's Who (ibid)
- ^ Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 339.
- ^ "Consecration of bishops". Church Times. No. 2140. 29 January 1904. p. 349. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "A new suffragan bishop for Canterbury". Church Times. No. 2138. 15 January 1904. p. 67. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Dr H. H. Pereira". Church Times. No. 3285. 8 January 1926. p. 36. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 20 September 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "No. 27157". The London Gazette. 26 January 1900. p. 512.
- ^ The Times, Thursday,2 January 1926; pg. 14; Issue 38184; col A Death of the Bishop of Croydon
