Ian Griggs Explained

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]

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. 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.

References

  1. ‘GRIGGS, Rt Rev. Ian Macdonald’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U18276, accessed 5 July 2012
  2. Debrett's People of Today 1992 (London, Debrett's))
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th ed., p. 382.
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th ed., p. 382.
  5. http://www.stcuthbertwithstaidan.org.uk/ Church web-site
  6. Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th ed., p. 382.
  7. Crockford's Clerical Directory (Lambeth: Church House)
  8. Web site: Church Times: Deaths, 15 January 2021. 17 January 2021.