Christopher George (priest)

Christopher Owen George (30 September 1891 – 8 September 1977) was Archdeacon of Suffolk from 1947[1] to 1961.[2]

George was educated at Ipswich School and Selwyn College, Cambridge; and ordained Deacon in 1914 and Priest in 1915.[3] After a curacy in Great Yarmouth he was Associate Secretary of Dr Barnardo's Homes from 1919 to 1923. He was an Assistant Master at his old school from 1923 to 1927; Curate of St Mary le Tower, Ipswich from 1923 to 1925; Vicar of St Augustine, Ipswich from, 1927 to 1934; Rector of , St Mary Stoke, Ipswich from 1934 to 1947; and Rector of Sproughton from 1947, in conjunction with his work as Archdeacon.[4]

References
  1. "Ecclesiastical News", The Times (London, England), Saturday, 15 March 15, 1947, p. 6.
  2. "Ecclesiastical News", The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 15 August 15, 1961, p. 10.
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1955-56 :London, OUP, 1956
  4. "GEORGE, Ven. Christopher Owen", Who Was Who, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 1920–2016; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014, online ed., April 2014 accessed 14 January 2017.
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Thomas Wonnacott		 Archdeacon of Suffolk
1947–1961		 Succeeded by
Claud Scott


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