Summary
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 Cuddesdon College he was ordained deacon in 1934 and priest in 1935.[5] He was a curate of St Alban's, Stockport until 1937[6] when he became a missionary priest in the Diocese of Masabi, Tanzania. In 1939 he became a member of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd.[5] He was the Archdeacon of Newala from 1955 to 1964 and then Rector of St Alban's Dar-es-Salaam until 1969[7] when he became Warden of St Cyprian's Theological College, Masasi, his last post before ordination to the episcopate.
He became Bishop of the Seychelles in 1973.[8]
He was created a CMG in 1979.[9]
He resigned his See in 1979 and returned to England as Assistant Bishop of Derby; he went to Mauritius the next year.[10] He was afterwards an assistant priest in Mwatara, Tanzania, and an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Worcester until 1990.[2]
Briggs died in 2004, aged 93.[2]
References edit
- ^ London Gazette
- ^ a b c "George Briggs obituary". Church Times. No. 7969. 23 April 2004. p. 22. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ Roots Web
- ^ The Times, 20 January 1973; pg. 16; Issue 58686; col C Church news
- ^ a b "Crockford's Clerical Directory: The Rt Revd George Cardell Briggs". Retrieved 15 March 2022.
- ^ 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
- ^ Anglican News website, Archbishop Emeritus of the Indian Ocean, French Kitchener Chang Him, has died aged 85, article dated May 30, 2023
- ^ The Gazette website, Supplement to the London Gazette, 31st December 1979, page 2
- ^ "Returning to Indian Ocean". Church Times. No. 6136. 19 September 1980. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 3 March 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.