George Giggall
The Right Reverend George Kenneth Giggall OBE was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.
Giggall was born on 15 April 1914[1] and educated at Manchester University. After a period of study at St Chad's College, Durham. He was ordained deacon in 1939[2] and priest in 1940 and began his ministry as a curate at St Alban’s Cheetwood and St Elisabeth’s Reddish.[3] In 1945 he joined the Royal Navy as a chaplain,[4] serving until 1969 when he became Dean of Gibraltar.[5] In 1973 he was appointed Bishop of St Helena,[6] a position he held until 1979. He died on 23 September 1999.
Notes
- ↑ Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
- ↑ Ecclesiastical News Trinity Ordination Services, Diocesan Lists The Times Monday, 5 Jun 1939; pg. 20; Issue 48323; col E
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ Army, Navy and Air Force Chaplains 1800 to 1960
- ↑ Deans of Gibraltar
- ↑ University of the Witwatersrand
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| Preceded by Godfrey Worsley |
Dean of Gibraltar 1969–1973 |
Succeeded by Ambrose Walter Marcus Weekes |
| Preceded by Edmund Michael Hubert Capper |
Bishop of St Helena 1973–1979 |
Succeeded by Edward Alexander Cannan |
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