Kenneth Cragg Explained

Honorific-Prefix:The Right Reverend
Kenneth Cragg
Assistant Bishop of Jerusalem
Church:Church of England
Diocese:Jerusalem
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Term:1969–1974
Successor:Ishaq Musaad (as Bishop of Egypt)
Other Post:Acting Bishop of Egypt (1972–1974)
Ordination:1935 (deacon)
1937 (priest)
Consecration:1972
Birth Name:Albert Kenneth Cragg
Birth Date:8 March 1913
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Nationality:British
Religion:Anglicanism
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Albert Kenneth Cragg (8 March 1913 – 13 November 2012) was an Anglican bishop and scholar[1] who commented widely[2] on religious topics for more than fifty years, most notably Christian–Muslim relations.[3]

Early life and education

Cragg was born on 8 March 1913. He was educated at Blackpool Grammar School and Jesus College, Oxford. He was awarded the Grafton Scholarship[4] in 1934.[5]

Ordained ministry

Cragg was ordained in 1937. He began his career with a curacy at Higher Tranmere Parish Church, Birkenhead after which he was Chaplain of All Saints', Beirut, Rector of Longworth,[6] Professor of Arabic and Islamics, Hartford Seminary, Connecticut and warden of St Augustine's College, Canterbury.

Episcopal ministry

Cragg was elevated to the episcopate as Assistant Bishop of Jerusalem in 1969.[7]

There was at that time no Bishop of Egypt, and Cragg was given responsibility for the oversight of the Anglican communities in that country, until, in 1974, as a result of the reorganisation of the Anglican Church in the Middle East, a new Bishop was appointed.[8]

He was then appointed Reader in Religious Studies, at Sussex University,[9] following which he was Vicar of Helme (and an Assistant Bishop within the Wakefield Diocese).

In 1982, he retired to Diocese of Oxford.

Personal life

He married, in 1940, Melita Arnold. She died in 1989.[10]

Works

Translations

Notes and References

  1. [The Times]
  2. News: 27 January 1982 . . 61142 . 10, col. E . It would be odd to imagine that Palestinians would forget in three decades what Jews remembered for 18 centuries.
  3. http://www.religion-online.org/showarticle.asp?title=500 Interview with Bishop Cragg
  4. [The Times]
  5. http://www.churchsociety.org/aboutus/managed/TrustsList.htm Wound up 1996/7
  6. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  7. [The Times]
  8. Web site: Bishops of the Diocese of Egypt . Official website of the Episcopal Anglican Diocese of Egypt . 2011-04-08. News: The Rt Rev Kenneth Cragg . The Telegraph . 2012-11-27.
  9. During which time he also served as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Chichester > Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008
  10. News: The Rt Rev Kenneth Cragg . The Telegraph . 2012-11-27.

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