George Briggs (bishop)
George Cardell Briggs CMG OGS[1][2] (6 September 1910 – 15 March 2004)[3] was the first Bishop of The Seychelles[4]
Born in Warrington, Briggs was educated at Worksop College and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. After studying at Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained in 1935. He was a curate of St Alban’s Stockport until 1937 [5] when he became a missionary priest in the Diocese of Masabi, Tanzania. He was the Archdeacon of Newala from 1955 to 1964 and then Rector of St Alban’s Dar-es-Salaam until 1969[6] when he became Warden of St Cyprian’s Theological College, Masasi, his last post before ordination to the episcopate.
References
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ Church Times obituary
- ^ Roots Web
- ^ The Times, 20 January 1973; pg. 16; Issue 58686; col C Church news
- ^ Who was Who1897-2007: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
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