George Kenneth Giggall OBE (15 April 1913 – 23 September 1999) was an Anglican bishop.

Biography

Giggall was born on 15 April 1913[1] and educated at Manchester University. After a period of study at St Chad's College, Durham. He was ordained deacon in 1939[2] and priest in 1940 and began his ministry as a curate at St Alban's Cheetwood and St Elisabeth's Reddish.[3]

In 1945 he joined the Royal Navy as a chaplain,[4] serving until 1968 when he became Dean of Gibraltar.[5] In 1973 he was appointed Bishop of St Helena,[6] a position he held until 1979. He died on 23 September 1999.

Notes

  1. ↑ Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
  2. ↑ Ecclesiastical News Trinity Ordination Services, Diocesan Lists The Times Monday, 5 June 1939; pg. 20; Issue 48323; col E
  3. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. ↑ "Army, Navy and Air Force Chaplains 1800 to 1960". Archived from the original on 21 December 2012. Retrieved 27 July 2009.
  5. ↑ Deans of Gibraltar Archived 11 July 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ↑ University of the Witwatersrand Archived 9 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine


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