Christopher George (priest)
Christopher Owen George (30 September 1891 8 September 1977) was Archdeacon of Suffolk from 1947[1] to 1961.[2]
George was educated at Ipswich School and Selwyn College, Cambridge; and ordained Deacon in 1914 and Priest in 1915.[3] After a curacy in Great Yarmouth he was Associate Secretary of Dr Barnardo's Homes from 1919 to 1923. He was an Assistant Master at his old school from 1923 to 1927; Curate of St Mary le Tower, Ipswich from 1923 to 1925; Vicar of St Augustine, Ipswich from, 1927 to 1934; Rector of , St Mary Stoke, Ipswich from 1934 to 1947; and Rector of Sproughtonfrom 1947 in conjunction with his work as Archdeacon.[4]
References
- ↑ Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Saturday, Mar 15, 1947; pg. 6; Issue 50710.
- ↑ Ecclesiastical News. The Times (London, England), Tuesday, Aug 15, 1961; pg. 10; Issue 55160
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1955-56 :London, OUP, 1956
- ↑ ‘GEORGE, Ven. Christopher Owen’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014 ; online edn, April 2014 accessed 14 Jan 2017
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Preceded by Thomas Wonnacott |
Archdeacon of Suffolk 1947–1961 |
Succeeded by Claud Scott |
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