George Appleton

George Appleton CMG, MBE^[1] (20 February 1902 – 28 August 1993) was an Anglican bishop in the third quarter of the twentieth century.^[2][3]

He was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge ^[4] and ordained in 1926. After a curacy at Stepney Parish Church ^[5] he spent 20 years in Burma as a SPG missionary (ending this part of his ministry as Archdeacon of Rangoon)^[6] before returning to England. He was firstly vicar of Headstone^[7] then rector of St Botolph's Aldgate.^[8] In 1962 he became Archdeacon of London and a canon of St Paul's Cathedral and a year later Archbishop of Perth.^[9] In 1969 he was translated to Jerusalem.^[10] A prominent writer,^[11] he was awarded the Buber-Rosenzweig Medal by the Council of Christians and Jews in 1975.^[12]

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Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Oswin Harvard Gibbs-Smith	Archdeacon of London 1962 – 1963	Succeeded by Martin Gloster Sullivan
Preceded by Robert William Haines Moline	Archbishop of Perth 1963 – 1969	Succeeded by Geoffrey Tremayne Sambell
Preceded by Angus Campbell MacInnes	Archbishop of Jerusalem 1969 – 1974	Succeeded by Robert Stopford

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v t e Anglican Bishops and Archbishops of Perth Bishops Matthew Hale Henry Parry Charles Riley Archbishops Charles Riley Henry Le Fanu Robert Moline George Appleton Geoffrey Sambell Peter Carnley Roger Herft

v t e Anglican Bishops in Jerusalem Michael Alexander Samuel Gobat Joseph Barclay George Blyth Rennie MacInnes Francis Graham Brown Weston Stewart Campbell MacInnes George Appleton Robert Stopford Samir Kafity Riah Abu El-Assal Suheil Dawani

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Persondata
Name	Appleton, George
Alternative names
Short description	Australian bishop
Date of birth	20 February 1902
Place of birth	London
Date of death	28 August 1993
Place of death