Reginald Halse

Who was Reginald Halse?

Sir Reginald Charles Halse CMG, KBE was the Bishop of Riverina from 1925 to 1943 and then Archbishop of Brisbane until his death in 1962.

Halse was educated at St Paul’s School, London and Brasenose College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1906 and was an assistant priest at St Saviour’s Poplar and then priest in charge of St Nicholas' Blackwall. He then emigrated to Australia and was Warden of the Brotherhood of St Barnabas and then headmaster of All Souls' School, Charters Towers, Queensland until his ordination to the episcopate. He was translated to Brisbane in 1943 and knighted in 1962. He died in office on 9 August 1962.