1. Charles Owen Leaver Riley was the first Anglican Archbishop of Perth, Western Australia.
16 Facts About Charles Riley
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Charles Riley was ordained deacon in 1878 and priest in 1879, and was curate at East Bierley, Yorkshire from 1878 to 1880, Bradford from 1880 to 1882, and Lancaster from 1882 to 1885.
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Charles Riley became vicar of St Paul's, Preston, in 1885, a position he held for nine years.
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In 1894 Charles Riley was appointed Bishop of Perth, then the largest Anglican diocese in the world, with an area of 1,000,000 square miles and a scattered population of about 100,000.
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Charles Riley was consecrated by the Archbishop of Canterbury at Westminster Abbey on 18 October 1894.
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Charles Riley arrived in Western Australia on 3 February 1895 and found that the diocese had few clergy, little money, and poor means for organizing religious services for the now rapidly increasing population - due largely to the gold rush.
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Charles Riley was young and vigorous and quickly made himself acquainted with large areas of his diocese.
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Charles Riley was noted for his close association with Sir John Winthrop Hackett in working for the establishment of the University of Western Australia.
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Charles Riley was senior chaplain of the Australian Military Forces in Western Australia in 1913; he became chaplain-general in the same year.
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Charles Riley was chancellor of the university from 1916 to 1922 and was president of the trustees of the public library, museum and art gallery at Perth.
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Charles Riley married Elizabeth Merriman on 7 January 1886; subsequently they had three daughters and three sons.
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In 1927 one of their sons, Frank Basil Charles Riley, mysteriously disappeared while acting as special correspondent to The Times in China.
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Charles Riley was survived by his wife and two sons and three daughters.
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One of the sons, Charles Lawrence Riley was born on 1888 and subsequently became the Bishop of Bendigo in Victoria.
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Charles Riley was active in freemasonry, in both English and Australian jurisdictions.
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Charles Riley held this position from 1904 until his death, with the exception of a three-year term by Sir William Ellison-Macartney.