Leslie Owen

Leslie Owen (1886–1947) was an Anglican bishop.

Owen was educated at Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood^[1] and St John's College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1912 and was firstly a curate at Ashford, Kent, after which he became a chaplain to the British Armed Forces during the First World War. When peace returned he was a lecturer at Bishop's College, Cheshunt and then Warden of the Scholar Cancellarii, Lincoln. Appointed Archdeacon of Auckland in 1936, he was ordained to the Episcopate as Bishop of Jarrow three years later.^[2] He was translated to be the Bishop of Maidstone five years later.^[3] His final position was as Bishop of Lincoln^[4] but he died less than a year later after a short illness.^[5]

References

↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
↑ The Times, 7 June 1939; p19, "Ecclesiastical News Church Appointments New Bishop of Jarrow"
↑ The Times, 5 January 1945, p6, "Ecclesiastical News: Bishop of Maidstone enthroned"
↑ Ecclesiastical News New Bishop Of Lincoln The Times Monday, 3 June 1946; p. 6; Issue 50468; col D
↑ The Times, 3 March 1947, p6, "Death of the Bishop Of Lincoln"

Church of England titles
Preceded by James Geoffrey Gordon	Bishop of Jarrow 1939 – 1944	Succeeded by David Colin Dunlop
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Maidstone 1944 – 1946	Succeeded by Not replaced for 10 years
Preceded by Alymer Skelton	Bishop of Lincoln 1946 – 1947	Succeeded by Maurice Harland

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v t e Bishops of Maidstone
Canterbury suffragans	Leslie Owen Stanley Betts Geoffrey Tiarks Richard Third Bob Hardy David Smith Gavin Reid Graham Cray
National AEO	Rod Thomas

v t e Bishops of Lincoln
High Medieval	Remigius de Fécamp Robert Bloet Alexander Robert de Chesney Geoffrey Plantagenet Walter de Coutances Hugh of Avalon William de Blois Hugh of Wells Robert Grosseteste Henry of Lexington Richard of Gravesend Oliver Sutton
Late Medieval	John Dalderby Anthony Bek Henry Burghersh Thomas Bek John Gynwell John Bokyngham Henry Beaufort Philip Repyngdon Richard Fleming William Grey William Alnwick Marmaduke Lumley John Chadworth Thomas Rotherham John Russell
Early modern	William Smyth Thomas Wolsey William Atwater John Longland Henry Holbeach John Taylor John White Thomas Watson Nicholas Bullingham Thomas Cooper William Wickham William Chaderton William Barlow Richard Neile George Montaigne John Williams Thomas Winniffe Robert Sanderson Benjamin Lany William Fuller Thomas Barlow Thomas Tenison James Gardiner William Wake Edmund Gibson Richard Reynolds John Thomas John Green Thomas Thurlow
Late modern	George Pretyman (later Pretyman Tomline) Hon George Pelham John Kaye John Jackson Christopher Wordsworth Edward King Edward Hicks William Swayne Nugent Hicks Aylmer Skelton Leslie Owen Maurice Harland Kenneth Riches Simon Phipps Bob Hardy John Saxbee Christopher Lowson