Basil Montague Dale (1903–1976) was the Anglican Bishop of Jamaica from 1950Ecclesiastical News The Bishop Of Jamaica Consecrated The TimesMonday, Jan 30, 1950; pg. 7; Issue 51602; col E until 1955.National Archives
He was educated at Dean Close School and Queens' College, Cambridge“Who was Who” 1897–2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 and ordained in 1927. His first post was as Curate of St Andrew's, Catford after which he was priest in charge of All Saints, Putney. Later he held incumbencies at Handsworth and Paignton.Crockford's Clerical Directory1940–41 Oxford, OUP,1941 An Honorary Chaplain to the King he was Rural Dean of Hertford before appointment to the episcopate. On return from JamaicaNational Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives he was Rector of Haslemere (1955–1962) and an Assistant Bishop of Guildford (1955–1967); in 1962, he resigned the Rectory and became Assistant Bishop full-time; he resigned his remaining role on 30 June 1967, in ill-health. He was a Doctor of Divinity.
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