Hugh Otter-Barry

Who was Hugh Otter-Barry?

The Rt Rev Hugh Van Lynden Otter-Barry CBE, was the Bishop of Mauritius from 1931-1959.

He was educated at Marlborough and Trinity College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1910 he was initially a Curate at St Luke's Church, Chelsea and then a missionary priest in Queensland. From 1919 until 1926 he was Vicar of Brill and then began a long period of service to Mauritius- firstly as its Archdeacon; and then from 1931 as its diocesan bishop. He returned to England in 1959 where he continued to serve the Church as an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Peterborough until his death.

A primary school in Mauritius, in the town of Curepipe, close to Farquhar Street, is named after Otter-Barry.