Type: | Bishop |
Honorific Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
John Crook | |
Bishop Emeritus of Moray, Ross and Caithness | |
Church: | Scottish Episcopal Church |
Diocese: | Moray, Ross and Caithness |
Elected: | 1999 |
Term: | 1999–2007 |
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Predecessor: | Gregor MacGregor |
Successor: | Mark Strange |
Ordination: | 1965 |
Consecration: | 25 September 1999 |
Birth Date: | 11 June 1940 |
Birth Place: | England |
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John Michael Crook (born 11 June 1940) was Bishop of Moray, Ross and Caithness from 1999 to 2006.[1]
Crook was born on 11 June 1940 and educated at Dame Allan's School, Newcastle, William Hulme's Grammar School, Manchester, St David’s College, Lampeter and the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield.[2] He was ordained in 1965.[3] After curacies in Horninglow and Bloxwich he held incumbencies in Inverness (St Michael & All Angels), Callander, and Bridge of Allan. He was a canon residentiary at St Ninian's Cathedral, Perth until his elevation to the episcopate.