# Basil Dale

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{{Short description|Anglican Bishop of Jamaica}}
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'''Basil Montague Dale''' (1903–1976) was the [Anglican](/source/Anglican) [Bishop of Jamaica](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Jamaica) from 1950<ref>''Ecclesiastical News The Bishop Of Jamaica Consecrated'' [The Times](/source/The_Times)Monday, Jan 30, 1950; pg. 7; Issue 51602; col E</ref>  until 1955.<ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/A2A/records.aspx?cat=046-dp46&cid=-1&Gsm=2008-06-18#-1 National Archives]</ref>

He was educated at [Dean Close School](/source/Dean_Close_School) and [Queens' College, Cambridge](/source/Queens'_College%2C_Cambridge)<ref>[“Who was Who”](/source/Who's_Who_(UK)) 1897–2007 London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}}</ref> and [ordained](/source/ordained) in 1927. His first post was as [Curate](/source/Curate) of St Andrew's, [Catford](/source/Catford) after which he was [priest in charge](/source/priest_in_charge) of All Saints, [Putney](/source/Putney). Later he held [incumbencies](/source/Vicar) at Handsworth and [Paignton](/source/Paignton).<ref>[Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory)1940–41 Oxford, [OUP](/source/OUP),1941</ref> An [Honorary Chaplain to the King](/source/Honorary_Chaplain_to_the_King) he was [Rural Dean](/source/Rural_Dean) of [Hertford](/source/Hertford) before appointment to the [episcopate](/source/episcopate). On return from [Jamaica](/source/Jamaica)<ref>[http://archives.lambethpalacelibrary.org.uk:8080/Archives/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=Show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='Fisher/1-271/118-133/127/154-5') National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives]{{dead link|date=October 2016 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> he was [Rector](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) of [Haslemere](/source/Haslemere) (1955–1962) and an [Assistant Bishop of Guildford](/source/Assistant_Bishop_of_Guildford) (1955–1967);<ref>{{Church Times | title = Guildford post for Bishop of Mbale | archive = 1964_03_20_010 | issue = 5275 | date = 20 March 1964 | page = 10 | accessed = 11 January 2020 }}</ref> in 1962, he resigned the Rectory and became Assistant Bishop full-time; he resigned his remaining role on 30 June 1967, in ill-health.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Assistant Bishop of Guildford resigns | archive = 1967_06_02_008 | issue = 5442 | date = 2 June 1967 | page = 8 | accessed = 27 February 2020 }}</ref> He was a [Doctor of Divinity](/source/Doctor_of_Divinity).

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{{S-aft|after=[Percival Gibson](/source/Percival_Gibson)}}
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Category:1903 births
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Category:Alumni of Queens' College, Cambridge
Category:20th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean
Category:Anglican bishops of Jamaica
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Category:Honorary chaplains to the King
Category:Assistant bishops of Guildford

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