Background
Langley was born in Windsor, New South Wales.
Langley was born in Windsor, New South Wales.
He was educated from 1894 at Trinity College, Melbourne and ordained in 1901.
After curacies in Sale, Morwell, Yarram, Marrickville and Sydney he became the rector of Traralgon in 1907. He was then the incumbent at Caulfield from 1911 to 1942. In August 1942, Langley was elected Dean of Melbourne, replacing Archbishop Head, who had acted as dean since the retirement of George Aickin in 1932.