Education
Wade was educated at King Edward VI School, Lichfield and Kelham Theological College. And ordained in 1934.
Suffragan Bishop Dean of Umtata
Wade was educated at King Edward VI School, Lichfield and Kelham Theological College. And ordained in 1934.
After a curacy in Nottingham he held incumbencies at Kimberley and Upington. He was Archdeacon of Bechuanaland from 1954 to 1958. And of Kimberley from 1958 to 1963.
He was Dean of Umtata from 1963 to 1967.
And Archdeacon of Western Transvaal from 1967 until his elevation to the Episcopate. In 1975 he was appointed a Chaplain of the Order of Street John.