Robert Eric Charles Browne
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Robert Eric Charles Browne was a distinguished Church of England
clergyman and religious writer.
. He obtained a B.A. degree from Trinity in 1928 and an M.A. in 1938. In 1929 he was ordained Deacon in the Church of Ireland by the Bishop of Down, and he was ordained priest a year later.
He served curacies in Belfast, initially at St Luke's and then at St Thomas. In 1942 he was appointed Chaplain of Saint Columba's College, Dublin (Rathfarnham) and in 1946 he moved to London to become the Secretary to the Theological Colloges department of the SCM (Student Christian Movement).
Three years later he moved to Manchester and became Rector of All Saints, Gorton and in 1953 he became incumbent of the tractarian St Chrysostom's Church
in Victoria Park, Manchester, from which he retired, due to ill health in 1959. 'Charlie' Browne (as he was known) was appointed an examining chaplain to the Bishop of Manchester in 1952 and a Canon of Manchester Cathedral from 1964. He died in the 1960s.
Browne wrote two books, Meditations on the Temptations and Passion of our Lord (1955) and the influential work The Ministry of the Word in 1958.
Church of England
The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...
clergyman and religious writer.
Career
Browne was born in Northern Ireland and studied at Trinity College, DublinTrinity College, Dublin
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. He obtained a B.A. degree from Trinity in 1928 and an M.A. in 1938. In 1929 he was ordained Deacon in the Church of Ireland by the Bishop of Down, and he was ordained priest a year later.
He served curacies in Belfast, initially at St Luke's and then at St Thomas. In 1942 he was appointed Chaplain of Saint Columba's College, Dublin (Rathfarnham) and in 1946 he moved to London to become the Secretary to the Theological Colloges department of the SCM (Student Christian Movement).
Three years later he moved to Manchester and became Rector of All Saints, Gorton and in 1953 he became incumbent of the tractarian St Chrysostom's Church
St Chrysostom's Church
Saint Chrysostom's Church is the Church of England parish church of Victoria Park, Manchester, England. The patron saint of the church is St John Chrysostom and the church belongs to the Anglo-Catholic tradition. St Chrysostom's, Manchester is one of three churches dedicated in honour of St John...
in Victoria Park, Manchester, from which he retired, due to ill health in 1959. 'Charlie' Browne (as he was known) was appointed an examining chaplain to the Bishop of Manchester in 1952 and a Canon of Manchester Cathedral from 1964. He died in the 1960s.
Works
While Rector of St Chrysostom's ChurchSt Chrysostom's Church
Saint Chrysostom's Church is the Church of England parish church of Victoria Park, Manchester, England. The patron saint of the church is St John Chrysostom and the church belongs to the Anglo-Catholic tradition. St Chrysostom's, Manchester is one of three churches dedicated in honour of St John...
Browne wrote two books, Meditations on the Temptations and Passion of our Lord (1955) and the influential work The Ministry of the Word in 1958.