Rex Howe

Rex Alan Howe (March 1929 - 11 August 2024) was an English Anglican priest.

Biography

Rex Alan Howe was born in March 1929, and after national service with the Army Catering Corps[1] studied at Christ's College, Cambridge. He then attended the College of the Resurrection Mirfield and was ordained in 1956.[2] After curacies[3] in Barnsley and Helmsley he held incumbencies in Middlesbrough, Redcar and Kirkleatham. He was Rural Dean of Guisborough from 1967 to 1973. In 1973 he became Dean of Hong Kong; and its Archdeacon in 1975. Later he was Rector of Grantham,[4] and a Canon Prebendary of Lincoln Cathedral before his final post as Vicar of Canford Cliffs and Sandbanks. He retired in 1994.

He died in 2024, aged 95.[5]

References

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  1. ^ London Gazette
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 978-0-19-200008-8
  3. ^ North Yorks Archives
  4. ^ Church Web Site
  5. ^ "Church Times: Deaths, 16 August 2024". Retrieved 26 August 2024.


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