George Mason (bishop)

Styles of
George Mason
Reference style The Right Reverend
Spoken style My Lord
Religious style Bishop

George Mason (died 1783) was an Anglican bishop who served in the Church of England as the Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1780 to 1783.[1]

Life

Mason was nominated Bishop of Sodor and Man by Charlotte Murray, Duchess of Atholl on 19 March 1780 and consecrated on 5 March 1780.[1][2]

He died in office on 8 December 1783.[1][2]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 274. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
  2. 1 2 Horn, J. M.; Smith, D. M.; Mussett, P. (2004). "Bishops of Sodor and Man". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man Dioceses. British History Online. pp. 141–146.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Richard Richmond
Bishop of Sodor and Man
1780–1783
Succeeded by
Claudius Crigan
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