George Giggall

The Right Reverend George Kenneth Giggall OBE was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.

Giggall was born on 15 April 1914^[1] and educated at Manchester University. After a period of study at St Chad's College, Durham. He was ordained deacon in 1939^[2] and priest in 1940 and began his ministry as a curate at St Alban’s Cheetwood and St Elisabeth’s Reddish.^[3] In 1945 he joined the Royal Navy as a chaplain,^[4] serving until 1969 when he became Dean of Gibraltar.^[5] In 1973 he was appointed Bishop of St Helena,^[6] a position he held until 1979. He died on 23 September 1999.

Notes

1. Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
2. Ecclesiastical News Trinity Ordination Services, Diocesan Lists The Times Monday, 5 Jun 1939; pg. 20; Issue 48323; col E
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
4. Army, Navy and Air Force Chaplains 1800 to 1960
5. Deans of Gibraltar
6. University of the Witwatersrand