Honorific-Prefix: | The Rt Revd |
Ian Griggs | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MA(Cantab) |
Bishop of Ludlow | |
Diocese: | Diocese of Hereford |
Term: | 1987–1994 |
Predecessor: | Mark Wood |
Successor: | John Saxbee |
Other Post: | Honorary assistant bishop in Carlisle (1994–2021) |
Ordination: | 1954 (deacon); 1955 (priest) |
Consecration: | 1987 |
Birth Date: | 17 May 1928 |
Religion: | Anglican |
Parents: | Donald & Agnes |
Spouse: | Patricia Vernon-Browne (m. 1953) |
Children: | 3 sons (1 d.); 3 daughters |
Alma Mater: | Trinity Hall, Cambridge |
Ian Macdonald Griggs (17 May 1928 – 11 January 2021)[1] was the 2nd Anglican Bishop of Ludlow from 1987 until 1994.[2]
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. From 1984 to 1994 he was also Prebendary of Hereford.[8] 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.