Henry Le Fanu

Henry Frewen Le Fanu (1 April 1870 – 9 September 1946) was an Anglican bishop in Australia.^[1][2]

The Most Reverend Henry Le Fanu
Archbishop of Perth
Church	Church of England
Province	Western Australia
Diocese	Perth
In office	1929–1946
Predecessor	Charles Riley
Successor	Robert Moline
Other post(s)	Metropolitan of Western Australia (ex officio) Primate of Australia (1935–1946)
Previous post(s)	Coadjutor Bishop of Brisbane (1915–1929) Canon Residentiary and Archdeacon of St John's Cathedral, Brisbane (1904–1915)
Orders
Ordination	1894 (as deacon) 1895 (as priest)
Consecration	21 September 1915 by St Clair Donaldson
Personal details
Born	Henry Frewen Le Fanu (1870-04-01)1 April 1870 Dublin, Ireland
Died	9 September 1946(1946-09-09) (aged 76) Perth, Western Australia
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	William Richard Le Fanu Henrietta Victorine, née Barrington
Spouse	Mary (Margery) Annette Ingle née Dredge ​ ​ (m. 1904; died 1926)​ Winifred Maud Whiteley ​ ​ (m. 1941)​
Children	3 sons, 3 daughters
Education	Haileybury College
Alma mater	Keble College, Oxford

Early life

Le Fanu was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was educated at Haileybury and Keble College, Oxford.^[3]

Religious life

Le Fanu was ordained in 1894,^[3] he began his ecclesiastical career as a curate in Poplar.^[4] From 1899 to 1901 he was Chaplain to the Bishop of Rochester after which he held a similar post at Guy's Hospital. Emigrating to Australia he was successively Canon Residentiary and Archdeacon of St John's Cathedral, Brisbane (1904–1915), Coadjutor Bishop of Brisbane (1915–1929),^[2] Archbishop of Perth and Primate of Australia. He was consecrated a bishop on 21 September 1915 at the cathedral by St Clair Donaldson, Archbishop of Brisbane,^[5] and appointed a Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.^[2]

Legacy

His former house in Cottesloe, Western Australia is named after him.^[6]