Howard West Kilvinton Mowll CMG DD (1890 - abt. 1958)

Born 2 Feb 1890 in Dover, Kent, England, United Kingdom

Husband of Dorothy Anne (Martin) Mowll — married 1923 in China

Died about 1958 at about age 67 in New South Wales, Australia

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Biography

As a staunch evangelical, upon returning from the mission field of China, Mowll experienced early difficulties in a predominantly liberal church before rising to national prominence during the war years. In 1947 he was elected Primate of Australia.

Within a month of World War 2 starting he had formed the Church of England National Emergency Fund, or CENEF, which was supported with volunteers and fundraising by the Sydney Diocesan Churchwomen's Association. CENEF funded huts for recreation and chaplains in military camps around Sydney, as well as at St Andrew's Cathedral, Sydney and other churches around Sydney. To continue to help ex service people after the war and youth work, CENEF raised funds to buy 201 Castlereagh St Sydney, and Rathane in the Royal National Park. CENEF leveraged the Castlereagh st building to buy land at Gilbulla and 117 acres in Castle Hill for a retirement village. This retirement village was one of his great achievements (some say his wife Dorothy was the driving force behind the idea), and became the first retirement village in Australia. Today this site remains the flagship for Anglican Retirement Villages, Diocese of Sydney. In 1947, following the War, he was elected Primate of Australia.

24 October 1958 (aged 68) St Luke's Private Hospital, Potts Point, New South Wales Denomination Anglican Parents Henry Martyn Mowll Gertrude Emily, née Worsfold Spouse Dorothy Anne Martin ​(m. 1924

Biography

Howard Mowll CMG DD is Notable.

Lord Archbishop of Sydney

Sources

• https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Howard_Mowll