Ian Griggs
Ian Macdonald Griggs (17 May 1928 – 11 January 2021)[1] was the 2nd Anglican Bishop of Ludlow from 1987 until 1994.[2]
Ian Griggs | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Ludlow | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Hereford |
| In office | 1987–1994 |
| Predecessor | Mark Wood |
| Successor | John Saxbee |
| Other post(s) | Honorary assistant bishop in Carlisle (1994–2021) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1954 (deacon); 1955 (priest) |
| Consecration | 1987 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 17 May 1928 |
| Died | 11 January 2021 (aged 92) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Donald & Agnes |
| Spouse | Patricia Vernon-Browne (m. 1953) |
| Children | 3 sons (1 d.); 3 daughters |
| Alma mater | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
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
- ‘GRIGGS, Rt Rev. Ian Macdonald’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 5 July 2012
- Debrett's People of Today 1992 (London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
- Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th ed., p. 382.
- Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th ed., p. 382.
- Church web-site
- Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th ed., p. 382.
- Crockford's Clerical Directory (Lambeth: Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
- "picture caption". Church Times. No. 6494. 31 July 1987. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 1 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
- "Church Times: Deaths, 15 January 2021". Retrieved 17 January 2021.
- "Ian Macdonald Griggs". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 18 June 2016.