Henry Le Fanu
# Henry Le Fanu

Henry Frewen Le Fanu (1 April 1870 – 9 September 1946) was an Anglican bishop in Australia.

## Early life

Le Fanu was born in Dublin, Ireland. He was educated at Haileybury and Keble College, Oxford.

## Religious life

Le Fanu was ordained in 1894, he began his ecclesiastical career as a curate in Poplar. From 1899 to 1901 he was Chaplain to the Bishop of Rochester after which he held a similar post at Guy's Hospital. Emigrating to Australia he was successively Canon Residentiary and Archdeacon of St John's Cathedral, Brisbane (1904–1915), Coadjutor Bishop of Brisbane (1915–1929), Archbishop of Perth and Primate of Australia. He was consecrated a bishop on 21 September 1915 at the cathedral by St Clair Donaldson, Archbishop of Brisbane, and appointed a Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem.

## Legacy

His former house in Cottesloe, Western Australia is named after him.

