ARCHBISHOP’S DEATH

Gisborne Herald, Volume LXXI, Issue 21547, 28 October 1944, Page 6

ARCHBISHOP’S DEATH

DR. WILLIAM TEMPLE SEQUEL TO ILLNESS LONDON. Oct. 26. The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. William Temple, aged 64, died this morning after a brief illness. He died at an hotel at Westgate-on-Sea, where he had been vesting for the past, month, lie was previously confined to his home al Canterbury for several weeks’, when lie was reported to be suffering from an infective process which was slow in responding l<> treatment. Dr. Temple was an outstanding brain and personality of the Anglican Church. He was a younger son of tlie Bishop of Exeter, who became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1891) and

The Archbishop of Canterbury occupied the chair of St. Augustine until 1902. He was educated at Rugby, where his father had been headmaster, and at Balliol College, Oxford, where he had a brilliant career. In 1904 he was president of tiie union. On graduating, he was elected te a Fellowship at Queen’s College, where for six years he lectured on philosophy. Rector in Piccadilly Ordained in 1903, he became headmaster of Repton School in 1910. and four years later was appointed rector of St. James’, Piccadilly. He resigned the living in 1917 to devote himself to a campaign which resulted in the passing of an Enabling Act that extended the powers of ecclesiastical self-government. In 1913. he was made a Canon of Westminster, and the next year Bishop of Manchester. In 1929 he was translated 1o York. He was then the only bishop who was officially a member of the Labour Party. For 16 years he was president of the Workers' Educational Association. He became Archbishop of Canterbury in 1943.