Herbert Hall (bishop)

The Right Reverend Herbert Hall
Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney
Church	Scottish Episcopal Church
Diocese	Aberdeen and Orkney
Elected	1943
In office	1943–1955
Predecessor	Frederic Deane
Successor	Frederick Easson
Orders
Ordination	1913
Consecration	21 September 1943 by Logie Danson
Personal details
Born	(1889-12-22)22 December 1889
Died	6 December 1955(1955-12-06) (aged 65)
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Charles Hall & Barbara Black
Spouse	Helen Maven Aitken
Children	2
Alma mater	University of Aberdeen

Herbert William Hall (22 December 1889 – 6 December 1955) was Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney in Scotland from 1943 to 1955.[1]

Biography

The son of Charles Hall and Barbara Black,[2] he was educated at St John's School, New Pitsligo and the University of Aberdeen. He was a teacher at Peterhead Academy from 1904 to 1911 when he entered Edinburgh Theological College. He was ordained in 1913 and began his ecclesiastical career as a curate at St John the Evangelist, Greenock. After this he was Rector at St Mary, Port Glasgow, and then held further incumbencies in Galashiels and Portobello.[3]

He married Helen Maven Aitken in 1919 and had one son and one daughter.[4]

Notes

1. ”Scottish Episcopal Clergy, 1689–2000" Bertie, D.M: Edinburgh T & T Clark ISBN 0-567-08746-8 pg 517
2. HALL, Rt Rev. Herbert William', Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2007 accessed 26 May 2012
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory London, OUP 1948 p2
4. Obituary: Bishop of Aberdeen And Orkney. The Times (London, England), Wednesday, 7 December 1955; pg. 13; Issue 53397.

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Frederic Deane	Bishop of Aberdeen and Orkney 1943–1955	Succeeded by Frederick Easson