Geoffrey Cranswick
Anglican bishop of Tasmania
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Geoffrey Franceys Cranswick (10 April 1894 – 19 July 1978) was the Anglican Bishop of Tasmania[1] from 1944 to 1963.[2]
The Right Reverend Geoffrey Franceys Cranswick | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Tasmania | |
| Church | Anglican Church of Australia |
| Diocese | Diocese of Tasmania |
| In office | 1944–1963 |
| Predecessor | Robert Hay |
| Successor | Robert Davies |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 25 January 1944 by William Temple |
| Personal details | |
| Born | April 10, 1894 Sydney, Australia |
| Died | July 19, 1978 (aged 84) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Canon Edward Glanville Cranswick |
| Occupation | Bishop, missionary, school principal |
| Alma mater | University of Sydney |
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 (B.A., 1916).[5]
Cranswick was made deacon at Michaelmas 1920 (3 October)[6] and ordained priest the Michaelmas following (2 October 1921) — both times by John Watts Ditchfield, Bishop of Chelmsford, at Chelmsford Cathedral[7] — to a curacy at West Ham before being with the Church Mission Society (CMS)[8][9] in Bengal to 1937[10] and then Principal of King Edward's School Chapra[11] 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.[12] He died on 19 July 1978 and is buried in the churchyard at St Matthew New Norfolk.[13] His elder brother, George, was the Bishop of Gippsland from 1917 to 1942.[14]
