Ian Macdonald Griggs (17 May 1928 – 11 January 2021) was the 2nd

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Bishop of Ludlow The Bishop of Ludlow was an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford, which is within the Province of Canterbury, England. The See of Ludlow was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by Or ...

from 1987 until 1994.

Biography

Griggs was educated at

Brentwood School (Essex) , established = , type = Public SchoolIndependent day and boarding , religion = Church of England , head_label = Headmaster , head = M Bond , chair_labe ...

and

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. He trained for ordination at

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and was ordained deacon in 1954 and priest in 1955. He served his title at St Cuthbert's,

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(1954–59). He was then Bishop's Chaplain (1959–62) and Youth Chaplain (1959–64) in the

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. 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

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(1984–87) (as well as Priest-in-Charge of

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(1984–87)) and then

. He was consecrated a bishop on 22 July 1987, by

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, at

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. From 1984 to 1994 he was also

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. After retiring from the Bishopric of Ludlow, he settled at

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in the

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and served from 1994 as honorary assistant bishop in the

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References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Griggs, Ian Macdonald 1928 births People educated at Brentwood School, Essex Alumni of Trinity Hall, Cambridge Alumni of Westcott House, Cambridge Bishops of Ludlow Archdeacons of Ludlow 2021 deaths 20th-century Church of England bishops