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Name: COLLIER, Robert W. 'Paddy' (Rev.)
Birth Date: 21 Sep 1909 Ireland
First Date: 1928
Profession: Chaplain at Eldoret
Area: Nakuru, Kitale, Eldoret
Married: 1938 Elizabeth Eckstein b. 1915
Children: Elizabeth M. (1939)
Book Reference: Trans Nzoia Scrap Book, Nicholls, Foster
School: Shaftesbury House Tutorial College, Belfast; Trinity College, Dubli
General Information:
Trans Nzoia Scrap Book - Took over St. Luke's Church, Kitale in November 1936 until early in the war.
Nicholls - Kakamega - The Golden Hope dance salon, for example, played host to church services on Sundays, with Paddy Collier officiating.
Foster - Rev R.W. Collier - He marries Miss Eckstein in 1938. He worked as a Chaplain in Eldoret, after he resigned from the CMS in November 1939. Later he left Kenya to join the Indian Ecclesiastical Establishment.
Foster - Chaplain at Eldoret; 1936 Vicar of St. Luke's Church, Kitale
Wikipedia entry for Church of St Thomas the Apostle, Killinghall: 1948–1952. From March 1948 to May 1952 the vicar was Reverend Robert Collier. He was born on 21 September 1909, educated at Shaftesbury House Tutorial College, Belfast, and gained his BA (Resp.) from Trinity College, Dublin in 1931. He was ordained deacon in 1932, and priest in 1933 by the Bishop of Down, Connor and Dromore. He was curate of St Mary, Belfast 1932–1935.
In 1935–1936 he was appointed to be registrar for the Native Christian Marriage and Divorce Ordinance, in Kenya. His first work with the Church Missionary Society was as missionary 1935–1938 at Nakuru where there was a theological college and school, where he may have taught. He completed his missionary work in Kitale 1938–1939. He resigned from the Missionary Society on 15 November 1939. He was chaplain of the ecclesiastical establishment of St. George's Cathedral, Chennai 1939–1940 and 1943–1946, Secunderabad 1940–1943, and Ooty 1946–1947.
He was hon chaplain to the forces from 1947. He then took a paid, post-service furlough 1947–1948, although he would have been working as chaplain during some of that time. He was, however, registered retrospectively as vicar of Killinghall from 1948 to 1952, although Crockford's Clerical Directory registers no incumbent from 1948 to 1950. At Killinghall his patron was Sir J.W.B. Ingilby of Ripley Castle. His gross income was £417 plus vicarage. The parish population was 1098. He was possibly at St Mary's Church, Arnold 1952–1957.
He was secretary to the Irish auxiliary office of the Commonwealth and Continental Church Society 1957–1961, and at the same time he had permission to officiate in the Diocese of Dublin. He was incumbent of Clonmel Union diocese at Lismore, County Waterford from 1961. He was prebend of Kilrossanty and treasurer of Lismore Cathedral, Ireland 1963–1969, and was concurrently prebend of St Patrick and treasurer of Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford 1963–1969. He was archdeacon of Waterford and Lismore from 1969. In 1969 he was living at the rectory at Clonmel, Tipperary, Eire.He was examining chaplain to the Bishop of Cashel and prebend of Waterford Cathedral from 1969. He died, probably in Eire, between 1977 and 1982.
In 1935–1936 he was appointed to be registrar for the Native Christian Marriage and Divorce Ordinance, in Kenya. His first work with the Church Missionary Society was as missionary 1935–1938 at Nakuru where there was a theological college and school, where he may have taught. He completed his missionary work in Kitale 1938–1939. He resigned from the Missionary Society on 15 November 1939. He was chaplain of the ecclesiastical establishment of St. George's Cathedral, Chennai 1939–1940 and 1943–1946, Secunderabad 1940–1943, and Ooty 1946–1947.
He was hon chaplain to the forces from 1947. He then took a paid, post-service furlough 1947–1948, although he would have been working as chaplain during some of that time. He was, however, registered retrospectively as vicar of Killinghall from 1948 to 1952, although Crockford's Clerical Directory registers no incumbent from 1948 to 1950. At Killinghall his patron was Sir J.W.B. Ingilby of Ripley Castle. His gross income was £417 plus vicarage. The parish population was 1098. He was possibly at St Mary's Church, Arnold 1952–1957.
He was secretary to the Irish auxiliary office of the Commonwealth and Continental Church Society 1957–1961, and at the same time he had permission to officiate in the Diocese of Dublin. He was incumbent of Clonmel Union diocese at Lismore, County Waterford from 1961. He was prebend of Kilrossanty and treasurer of Lismore Cathedral, Ireland 1963–1969, and was concurrently prebend of St Patrick and treasurer of Christ Church Cathedral, Waterford 1963–1969. He was archdeacon of Waterford and Lismore from 1969. In 1969 he was living at the rectory at Clonmel, Tipperary, Eire.He was examining chaplain to the Bishop of Cashel and prebend of Waterford Cathedral from 1969. He died, probably in Eire, between 1977 and 1982.