Geoffrey Cranswick

Geoffrey Franceys Cranswick (10 April 1894 – 19 July 1978) was the Anglican Bishop of Tasmania[1] from 1944 to 1963.[2]

Cranswick was born in Sydney, a son of Canon Edward Glanville Cranswick[3] (c. 1853 – 24 March 1934).[4] He was educated at The King's School, Parramatta, Sydney Church of England Grammar School and the University of Sydney. He was made deacon at Michaelmas 1920 (3 October)[5] and ordained priest the Michaelmas following (2 October 1921) — both times by John Watts Ditchfield, Bishop of Chelmsford, at Chelmsford Cathedral[6] — to a curacy at West Ham before being with the Church Mission Society (CMS)[7][8] in Bengal to 1937[9] and then Principal of King Edward's School Chapra[10] until his ordination to the episcopate to serve as Bishop of Tasmania. He was consecrated a bishop on the Feast of the Conversion of Paul the Apostle 1944 (25 January) at Westminster Abbey by William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury.[11] He died on 19 July 1978 and is  buried in the churchyard at St Matthew New Norfolk.[12] His elder brother, George, was the Bishop of Gippsland from 1917 to 1942.[13]

References

  1. ^ National Archives
  2. ^ "Ecclesiastical News: New Bishop Of Tasmania", The Times 20 October 1943; p.7
  3. ^ "New Bishop of Tasmania". The Age. No. 27786. Victoria, Australia. 11 May 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 18 March 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Canon E. G. Cranswick". The Week. Vol. CXIV, no. 3, 040. Queensland, Australia. 28 March 1934. p. 24. Retrieved 18 March 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 3011. 8 October 1920. p. 343. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 3 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 3063. 7 October 1921. p. 331. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 3 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ Catalogue of the papers of the Overseas Division
  8. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
  9. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  10. ^ "Cranswick, Geoffrey Franceys". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  11. ^ "Abbey consecation". Church Times. No. 4227. 28 January 1944. p. 46. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 3 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  12. ^ State Library of Tasmania
  13. ^ ADB on-line
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