He left England for Australia in 1888 and after marrying Clara Ellen Sturt (d.1925) in 1890, they went together to China in 1891 where Jose worked as a lay CMS missionary until 1899.
In 1900 Jose won a Davis Chinese Scholarship to Oxford University.
In 1906 he was appointed as rector of Christ Church, North Adelaide where he has several altar boys under him.
He resigned the incumbency of Christ Church in 1933 to become Dean of Adelaide until his retirement in 1953.
He had another son, Gilbert Jose, who was killed in World War II.