Frederick Crabb
Frederick Hugh Wright Crabb was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.[1]
Born in Luppitt, Devon on 24 April 1915, he was educated at the University of London and ordained in 1939.[2] His first posts were curacies in Teignmouth and Plymouth after which he was a missionary in Sudan until 1951. He was Vice Principal of the London College of Divinity from 1951 until 1957 and then Principal of the College of Emmanuel and St Chad, Saskatoon for a further 10 years.[3] He then held two incumbencies in Calgary before being appointed Bishop of Athabasca in 1975. He was also Metropolitan of Rupert's Land from 1977 and retired in 1982.
Crabb died on 24 February 2007.[4]
References
- ^ Province of Ontario Retrieved December 21, 2010.
- ^ Crockford's 1940 – 41 Oxford, OUP, 1947
- ^ "Who was Who" 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Anglican Journal May 1, 2007. Retrieved December 21, 2010.
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- 1915 births
- People from East Devon District
- Alumni of the University of London
- Anglican bishops of Athabasca
- 20th-century Anglican Church of Canada bishops
- Metropolitans of Rupert's Land
- 20th-century Anglican archbishops
- 2007 deaths
- English Anglican missionaries
- Anglican missionaries in Sudan
- Clergy from Devon