Henry Archdall Langley (15 October 1840 – 5 August 1906) was an influential Irish-born Anglican priest, of considerable physical strength,[1] who migrated to Australia in 1853, and became the first Bishop of Bendigo from 1902 until his death in 1906.

[2] Many of his 12 children made notable contributions to Australian society in the domains of business, education, medicine; also, two of them became Anglican bishops.

picnic some years ago in Melbourne, a crowd rushed an excursion steamer, endangering the lives of the women and children on board.

gentleman, a strong stalwart man, seizing the situation, stood right on the gang plank, and with his big body as a barrier, his strong, muscular arms to aid him, and a judicious exercise of commonsense, to say nothing of his pluck and indomitable will, he was able to keep back hundreds of men and lads, in- cluding many roughs, from getting aboard the steamer at an awkward time.

A conspicuous figure was seen ashore, standing with his coat off, armed with a big umbrella, and threatening that if the push set their foot on the picnic ground they would have to take the consequences.

During his time at Prahran, he was responsible for founding St. Alban's Church, Armadale, as a "chapel of ease to that parish" in 1885; and, in 1935, the Golden Anniversary memorial service was conducted by Canon H.T.

[38] Generally known at the time as "Bishopscourt" — now known as "Langley Hall" — its Dedication Stone was laid in September 1904,[39] and the Bishop and his family moved in during mid-March 1905.

[40] Following the resignation of Langley's brother in 1919, the bishop's residence moved from White Hills to Forest Street, beside All Saints' Cathedral,[41] and the former Bishopscourt building was leased to the Red Cross.

[42] A convalescent home for returned soldiers suffering shell shock and other "physical" injuries was opened in the building on 3 December 1919 by Lady Helen Munro Ferguson, the wife of the Governor General, and the President (and founder) of the Australian branch of the Red Cross.

[51] Langley's brother had not been the first choice: the diocese's intended replacement, who had been unanimously elected to the vacant see (entirely without his knowledge or permission), was the (then) Bishop of Gippsland, Arthur Wellesley Pain (1841-1920).