Rex Howe Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.london-gazette.co.uk/issues/38526/supplements/570/page.pdf London Gazette
  2. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  3. http://archives.northyorks.gov.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqCmd=overview.tcl&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='PR.HEL/11/1/16') North Yorks Archives
  4. http://stwulframs.e2z.co.uk/index.asp?year=2000%20 Church Web Site
  5. Web site: Church Times: Deaths, 16 August 2024. 26 August 2024.