The Rt Revd

Ian Griggs

MA(Cantab)
Bishop of Ludlow
DioceseDiocese of Hereford
In office1987–1994
PredecessorMark Wood
SuccessorJohn Saxbee
Other post(s)Honorary assistant bishop in Carlisle (1994–2021)
Orders
Ordination1954 (deacon); 1955 (priest)
Consecration1987
Personal details
Born(1928-05-17)17 May 1928
Died11 January 2021(2021-01-11) (aged 92)
DenominationAnglican
ParentsDonald & Agnes
SpousePatricia Vernon-Browne (m. 1953)
Children3 sons (1 d.); 3 daughters
Alma materTrinity Hall, Cambridge

Ian Macdonald Griggs (17 May 1928 – 11 January 2021)[1] was the 2nd Anglican Bishop of Ludlow from 1987 until 1994.[2]

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 , accessed 5 July 2012
  2. ↑ Debrett's People of Today 1992 (London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
  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 ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
  8. ↑ "picture caption". Church Times. No. 6494. 31 July 1987. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 1 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  9. ↑ "Church Times: Deaths, 15 January 2021". Retrieved 17 January 2021.
  10. ↑ "Ian Macdonald Griggs". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 18 June 2016.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.