Ian Griggs

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Biography

Griggs was educated at Brentwood School, Essex and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[3] He trained for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge and was ordained deacon in 1954 and priest in 1955.[4] He served his title at St Cuthbert's, Portsmouth (1954–59).[5] He was then Bishop's Chaplain (1959–62) and Youth Chaplain (1959–64) in the Diocese of Sheffield.[6] He was then successively Vicar of St Cuthbert's, Firvale (1964–71), St Mary and All Saints' Church, Kidderminster (1971-82) and Team Rector of Kidderminster (1982–84) before being collated as Archdeacon of Ludlow (1984–87) (as well as Priest-in-Charge of Tenbury (1984–87)) and then Bishop of Ludlow.[7] He was consecrated a bishop on 22 July 1987, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Southwark Cathedral.[8] From 1984 to 1994 he was also Prebendary of Hereford.[9] After retiring from the Bishopric of Ludlow, he settled at Patterdale in the Lake District and served from 1994 as honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Carlisle.[10]

References

  1. ‘GRIGGS, Rt Rev. Ian Macdonald’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [1], accessed 5 July 2012
  2. Debrett's People of Today 1992 (London, Debrett's) Template:ISBN)
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th ed., p. 382.
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th ed., p. 382.
  5. Church web-site
  6. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th ed., p. 382.
  7. Crockford's Clerical Directory (Lambeth: Church House Template:ISBN)
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Church of England titles
Preceded byTemplate:S-bef/check Bishop of Ludlow
1987–1994 Template:S-ttl/check
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