Claudius Crigan Explained

Type:Bishop
Claudius Crigan
Alma Mater:St Mary Hall, Oxford
Bishop of Sodor and Man
Birth Place:Omagh, Tyrone
Enthroned:1784
Ended:1813 (death)
Religion:Church of England
Successor:George Murray
Predecessor:George Mason
Birth Name:Claudius Crigan
Spouse:Mary Crump (Harman)[1] Mary Crigan née Smelt

Claudius Crigan (5 April 1813) was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of England as the Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1784 to 1813.[2]

A native of Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.[3] He became the chaplain to an infantry regiment stationed in the West Indies, and whilst there, he married Mary, widow of John Harmon of Antigua.[4] After retiring from the army, he became the Rector (or Chaplain) of St Anne's Church in Liverpool.[4]

He was nominated Bishop of Sodor and Man by Charlotte Murray, Duchess of Atholl on 1 March 1784 and received royal assent on 27 March 1784.[2] [5] He was consecrated on 4 April 1784 and enthroned on 5 May 1784.[2] [5]

He died in office on 5 April 1813, aged 74. He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Family tree of Mary Crump . Geneanet . Geneanet . 4 August 2021 . en.
  2. Book: Fryde . E. B. . Greenway . D. E. . Porter . S. . Roy . I. . Handbook of British Chronology . 3rd, reprinted 2003 . Cambridge University Press . Cambridge . 1986 . 274 . 0-521-56350-X.
  3. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p191: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
  4. Web site: Claudius Crigan — Bishop 1784-1813 . A Manx Note Book: People . Isle of Man.com . 6 June 2012.
  5. Book: Horn . J. M. . Smith . D. M. . Mussett . P. . 2004 . http://www.british-history.ac.uk/report.aspx?compid=35885 . Bishops of Sodor and Man . Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man Dioceses . . 141–146.