Ian Griggs

Ian Griggs
The Rt Revd; Ian Griggs; MA(Cantab)
	Bishop of Ludlow
Diocese	Diocese of Hereford
In office	1987–1994
Predecessor	Mark Wood
Successor	John Saxbee
Other posts	Honorary assistant bishop in Carlisle (1994–2021)
Orders
Ordination	1954 (deacon); 1955 (priest)
Consecration	1987
Personal details
Born	17 May 1928
Died	11 January 2021 (aged 92)
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Donald & Agnes
Spouse	Patricia Vernon-Browne (m. 1953)
Children	3 sons (1 d.); 3 daughters
Alma mater	Trinity Hall, Cambridge

Ian Macdonald Griggs (17 May 1928 – 11 January 2021)[1] was the 2nd Anglican Bishop of Ludlow from 1987 until 1994.[2]

Biography

Griggs was educated at Brentwood School (Essex) and Trinity Hall, Cambridge.[3] He trained for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge and was ordained deacon in 1954 and priest in 1955.[4] He served his title at St Cuthbert's, Portsmouth (1954-59).[5] He was then Bishop's Chaplain (1959-62) and Youth Chaplain (1959-64) in the Diocese of Sheffield.[6] 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 Archdeacon of Ludlow (1984-87) (as well as Priest-in-Charge of Tenbury (1984-87)) and then Bishop of Ludlow.[7] He was consecrated a bishop on 22 July 1987, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Southwark Cathedral.[8] From 1984 to 1994 he was also Prebendary of Hereford.[9]

References

‘GRIGGS, Rt Rev. Ian Macdonald’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 5 July 2012
Debrett's People of Today 1992 (London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th ed., p. 382.
Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th ed., p. 382.
Church web-site
Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th ed., p. 382.
Crockford's Clerical Directory (Lambeth: Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
"picture caption". Church Times (#6494). 31 July 1987. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 1 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
"Church Times: Deaths, 15 January 2021". Retrieved 17 January 2021.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Mark Wood	Bishop of Ludlow 1987–1994	Succeeded by John Saxbee

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[1] ‘GRIGGS, Rt Rev. Ian Macdonald’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 5 July 2012

[2] Debrett's People of Today 1992 (London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)

[3] Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th ed., p. 382.

[4] Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th ed., p. 382.

[5] Church web-site

[6] Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th ed., p. 382.

[7] Crockford's Clerical Directory (Lambeth: Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)

[8] "picture caption". Church Times (#6494). 31 July 1987. p. 2. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 1 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.

[9] "Church Times: Deaths, 15 January 2021". Retrieved 17 January 2021.

Archdeacons of Shropshire and of Ludlow
High Medieval (Shropshire)	William Peter le Kauf Odo Gilbert Foliot Hugh Foliot Nicholas de Aquila Simon de Edenbridge Peter d'Aigueblanche John Foliot James d'Aigueblanche Hervey de Boreham Richard de Swinfield James d'Aigueblanche (2nd term) Adam de Fileby John de Bestan John de Swinfield Roger de Canterbury Philip Talbot
Late Medieval (Shropshire)	John de Rosse William le Mercer de Rosse Richard de Sydenhale Henry de Shipton William de Borstall Richard Nowell John Hoare John Welles John Hereford John Loveney John Merbury William Leche Thomas Yone Robert Jeffry Thomas Morton John Martyn William Webbe Arthur Stafford John Wardroper William Gobard Henry Martyn Humphrey Ogle Richard Sparcheford
Early modern (Shropshire)	Richard Smythe Robert Grensill Robert Greenwiche Morgan Godwin Thomas Cooke Stephen Philips Francis Wheeler Adam Ottley Robert Comyn Richard Crosse Samuel Croxall Robert Breton Egerton Leigh John Harley Robert Clive Joseph Plymley (Corbett) William Vickers William Waring (became Archdeacon of Ludlow)
Archdeacons of Ludlow	William Waring (previously Archdeacon of Shropshire) George Maddison Henry Bather Algernon Oldham Alfred Lilley Edwin Bartleet Henry Dixon Herbert Whately Hugh Bevan John Lewis Andrew Woodhouse Mark Wood (Bishop of Ludlow) Ian Griggs Richard Lewis John Saxbee (Bishop of Ludlow) Michael Hooper (Bishop of Ludlow) Alistair Magowan (Bishop of Ludlow) Fiona Gibson (designate)