Henry Handley Vully de Candole

Henry Handley Vully de Candole was Bishop of Knaresborough from 1949 to 1965. Born on 25 May 1895 into a clerical family [Father conducts Church Missionary Society Service cited in The Times, Monday, Feb 24, 1919; pg. 6; Issue 42032; col C] he was educated at Marlborough College and King’s College, Cambridge [“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X] . In 1920 he studied for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge before returning to his old school as Assistant Chaplain. From 1920 until 1926 he was Resident Chaplain to the Archbishop of Canterbury, followed by a curacy in Newcastle upon Tyne [Latterly as vicar-“Who was Who” (Ibid)] . After two years as Chaplain at Peterhouse, Cambridge de Candole served in a variety of posts within the Diocese of Chichester between 1937 [In which year he married Frances Cornwall, daughter of the Archdeacon of Cheltenham] and 1949 [Liturgical Missioner appointed to Chichester cited in The Times, Friday, Jan 26, 1940; pg. 11; Issue 48523; col D Ecclesiastical News] [Prebendary of Bracklesham announced The Times, Wednesday, Jan 17, 1945; pg. 7; Issue 50043; col C Ecclesiastical News] . He took charge of Wiston Church, Sussex in 1939-40, while the rector was absent on Army service and was Vicar of Henfield from 1940 -49. [ Unpublished letters of Henry de Candole held at Sussex Archaeological Society Library, Lewes, regarding the windows of Wiston church.] In 1949 he was appointed Suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough where he combined pastoral duties with service to the “Parish and People” movement [ "Mission and communication: the report of the 1963 Conference of parish and people on "The mission of the people of God" Paton D.M(Ed): London, SPCK, 1963] . A prolific author [ "The Church's Offering, 1935; The Sacraments and the Church, 1935; The Church's Prayers, 1939; The Story of Henfield", 1947; "Lent with the Church", 1952; "The Christian Use of the Psalms", 1955] and passionate Liturgist [ Contributions to the Liturgical Movement cited in The Times, Friday, Jun 25, 1971; pg. 17; Issue 58208; col G] he died on 16 June 1971 [Obituary cited in The Times, Thursday, Jun 17, 1971; pg. 17; Issue 58201; col G ] . He bequeathed his considerable diaries [ [http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=P7745 22 volumes] ] to the nation, and a distillation of these has been published [”Bishop Henry de Candole, his life and times” Jagger,P.J: Leighton Buzzard, Faith Press,1975 ISBN 0716403951] .

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