George Cruickshank (bishop)

George Craig Cruikshank (1881 – October 1951) was the seventh Bishop of Waiapu^[1] from 1945 to 1946.

He was born in 1881^[2] and educated at Keble College, Oxford. He was ordained in 1908^[3] and was a curate at St Hilda's Church, Darlington^[4] and then vicar of Whangarei. During this time he was also a chaplain to the first New Zealand Expeditionary Force. From 1923 to 1932 he was vicar of Remuera. In 1932 he became Dean of Dunedin, a post he held until his ordination to the episcopate.

References[]

^ Anglican Diocese of Waiapu^{[permanent dead link]}
^ Poverty Bay Herald
^ "The Clergy List" London, Kelly’s, 1913
^ "Genuki". Archived from the original on 6 February 2008. Retrieved 11 January 2010.

Religious titles
Preceded by George Gerard	Bishop of Waiapu 1945–1946	Succeeded by Norman Lesser

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