Diocese St Helena and Zululand Died August 15, 1972 | Name Charles Aylen Education Bradfield College | |
Province Anglican Church of Southern Africa | ||
Charles Arthur William Aylen (1882–15 August 1972) was an Anglican bishop. Aylen was born in Wick, Scotland.
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Education
He was educated at Bradfield College and Keble College, Oxford.
Career
He was ordained in 1906 and his first post was a curacy in Henley on Thames.
He was vicar of Shiplake from 1913 to 1925. During World War I he was a Royal Navy chaplain.
In 1926 he went to Empangeni in the Diocese of Zululand as a missionary priest. He was the bishop of Zululand from 1930 to 1935. While he was bishop of Zululand he married Elizabeth Hills. He was translated to the Diocese of St Helena and was bishop there from 1935 to 1939.
He was vicar of Aston Tirrold from 1939 to 1945 and Flore from 1945 to 1958 and rural dean of Weedon from 1947 to 1951.
Family
He married Elisabeth Margaret Anna Hills in 1932 and they had two sons and one daughter.