Reginald Crabbe
The Rt Rev Reginald Percy Crabbe [1] was an Anglican bishop in the mid-20th century.[2]
He was born into an ecclesiastical family on 15 July 1883,[3] educated at Trent College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and ordained in 1907.[4] After a curacy at St George's, Newcastle-under-Lyme he was Chaplain to the Bishop of Sierra Leone. He then held Incumbencies at St Mary's Peckham,[5] and St Mary's, Sheffield. From 1924 to 1936 he was Rural Dean of Greenwich then Dulwich. In 1936 he became Bishop of Mombasa. He returned to England in 1953[6] and was an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Portsmouth until 1958. He died on 22 October 1964.[7] He represented Great Britain at the 1906 Olympic Games in the 800m and 1500m.[8]
Notes[]
- ^ NPG details
- ^ Photo of Bishop Crabbe
- ^ His father was the Rev. Henry Brooksby Crabbe "Who was Who" 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X.
- ^ "The Clergy List London, Kelly’s, 1913
- ^ Church web site
- ^ The Times, Friday, Feb 27, 1953; pg. 8; Issue 52557; col E Bishop Of Mombasa
- ^ Rt. Rev. R. P. Crabbe The Church In East Africa The Times Saturday, Oct 24, 1964; pg. 10; Issue 56151; col E
- ^ Sports Reference
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- Anglican bishops of Mombasa
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