Henry Durant

Who was Henry Durant?

Henry Bickersteth Durant was the Bishop of Lahore from 1913 until his death.

Born into a very eminent ecclesiastical family – his father was Secretary of the Church Missionary Society, his uncle was Edward Bickersteth and his cousin Edward Bickersteth – he was educated at Highgate School, and Pembroke College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1894, after a curacy at St Matthew’s, East Stonehouse, he became a Missionary in India, eventually rising to be Principal of St John’s College, Agra. before elevation to the episcopate