George Appleton
For the American publisher, see George Swett Appleton.
George Appleton CMG, MBE[1] (20 February 1902 – 28 August 1993) was an Anglican bishop in the third quarter of the twentieth century.[2][3]
He was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge [4] and ordained in 1926. After a curacy at Stepney Parish Church [5] he spent 20 years in Burma as a SPG missionary (ending this part of his ministry as Archdeacon of Rangoon)[6] before returning to England. He was firstly vicar of Headstone[7] then rector of St Botolph's Aldgate.[8] In 1962 he became Archdeacon of London and a canon of St Paul's Cathedral and a year later Archbishop of Perth.[9] In 1969 he was translated to Jerusalem.[10] A prominent writer,[11] he was awarded the Buber-Rosenzweig Medal by the Council of Christians and Jews in 1975.[12]
References
- ^ NPG details
- ^ Episcopal Diocese of Jerusalem
- ^ Perth Anglican
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ^ Project Canterbury- Anglicanism in Burma
- ^ Church web-site
- ^ Mundas
- ^ The Times, 14 March 1963; pg. 11; Issue 55649; col G Post For Canon Of St. Paul's
- ^ New Archbishop In Jerusalem The Times 14 November 1968; pg. 12; Issue 57408; col F
- ^ Amongst others he wrote “John’s Witness to Jesus”, 1955; “ On the Eightfold Path”, 1961; “Journey for a Soul”, 1974; “ Glimpses of Faith”, 1982; and “The Heart of the Bible” 1989 > British Library website accessed 17:18 GMT 17 July 2009
- ^ Who was Who (ibid)
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| Preceded by Oswin Harvard Gibbs-Smith |
Archdeacon of London 1962 – 1963 |
Succeeded by Martin Gloster Sullivan |
| Preceded by Robert William Haines Moline |
Archbishop of Perth 1963 – 1969 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey Tremayne Sambell |
| Preceded by Angus Campbell MacInnes |
Archbishop of Jerusalem 1969 – 1974 |
Succeeded by Robert Stopford |
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