David Halsey

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Henry David Halsey (born January 27, 1919 in Long Ditton , Surrey , † May 16, 2009 in Norwich ) was a British Anglican theologian and Bishop of Carlisle .

David Halsey attended King's College School at Wimbledon and studied at King's College in London. He was trained as a priest at Wells Theological College in Wells . From 1942 to 1945 he worked as a priest in Petersfield in Hampshire . He then took up a priesthood at the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve to work in Plymouth , Netheravon and Chatham . From 1962 to 1968 he worked in Bromley . The quality of his church work was greatly appreciated and he was promoted to Suffragan Bishop of Tonbridge in 1968 . From there he moved to Carlisle, where he was bishop from 1972 to 1989. As Bishop of Carlisle, he was a member of the House of Lords from 1976 .

After David Halsey retired, he lived in Seaview on the Isle of Wight . David Halsey had been married since 1947 and the couple had four daughters.

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