George Briggs (bishop)
George Cardell Briggs CMG OGS[1][2] (6 September 1910 – 15 March 2004)[3] was the first Bishop of The Seychelles[4]
Born in Warrington, Briggs was educated at Worksop College and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. After studying at Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained in 1935. He was a curate of St Alban's Stockport until 1937 [5] when he became a missionary priest in the Diocese of Masabi, Tanzania. He was the Archdeacon of Newala from 1955 to 1964 and then Rector of St Alban's Dar-es-Salaam until 1969[6] when he became Warden of St Cyprian's Theological College, Masasi, his last post before ordination to the episcopate. He resigned his See in 1979 and returned to England as Assistant Bishop of Derby; he returned to Mauritius the next year.[7] He was afterwards an assistant priest in , Tanzania, and an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Worcester until 1990.[2]
References[]
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ a b "George Briggs obituary". Church Times. No. 7969. 23 April 2004. p. 22. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ Roots Web
- ^ The Times, 20 January 1973; pg. 16; Issue 58686; col C Church news
- ^ Who was Who1897-2007: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ "Returning to Indian Ocean". Church Times. No. 6136. 19 September 1980. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
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