Henry Pereira
British bishop
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| Intro | British bishop | |||
| Places | United Kingdom Great Britain | |||
| was | Priest | |||
| Work field | Religion | |||
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| Religion: | Anglicanism | |||
| Birth | 16 January 1845 | |||
| Death | 1 January 1926 (aged 81 years) | |||
| Star sign | Capricorn | |||
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Henry Horace Pereira (16 January 1845 – 1 January 1926) was an Anglican Suffragan bishop during the first quarter of the 20th century.
Pereira was born in 1845, educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1869. He served two curacies before becoming the first Warden of the Wilberforce Memorial Mission in South London. Hampshire incumbencies followed before a 30-year association with the Croydon area, firstly as Rural Dean and (from 1904) Suffragan Bishop.
He was Honorary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral, and an Honorary Chaplain to Queen Victoria from January 1900 until her death the following year.
"A man of great energy and a most effective speaker", he died on New Year’s Day, 1926.