When peace returned, he became
rector of
Easthampstead (1921–1926), then
vicar of
St Mary's, Reading (1926–1946; both in
Berkshire), (1934–1942); during this period his became an
honorary canon of Christ Church (1934 onwards) and was first elected a
proctor in convocation (1935–1954). Remaining, to start with, vicar of Reading, he became also
archdeacon of Berkshire and
bishop of Reading (a
suffragan bishop of the diocese), both from 1942 to 1954. He was ordained and consecrated a bishop by
Cosmo Lang,
archbishop of Canterbury, at
St Paul's Cathedral, on
Candlemas (2 February) 1942. In 1946, he both married Margaret Elizabeth Montagu, with whom he had two daughters, and resigned his vicarage (retaining the archdeaconry and suffragan see). He retired in 1954 and continued to serve the
Church as an
assistant bishop within the
Diocese of Oxford; at his death, he lived in
Little Wittenham, Berkshire, ==References==