Frederick Craske
Frederick William Thomas Craske[1] was Bishop of Gibraltar [2] from 1953 to 1959.
He was born on 11 May 1901[3] and educated at King's College London before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with curacies at St Chrysostum, Victoria Park, Manchester [4] and All Hallows Lombard Street in the City of London. After this he held incumbencies at St John the Evangelist Read-in-Whalley and St John the Evangelist, Blackburn. From 1939 to 1953 he was Education Secretary to the Missionary Council of the Church Assembly and then (before his elevation to the Episcopate[5]) founded the Church of England Youth Council.[6] A Sub-Prelate of the Order of St John of Jerusalem, he died on 10 March 1971.[7]
Notes
- ↑ NPG details
- ↑ Bishops of Gibraltar
- ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
- ↑ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives
- ↑ National Archives
- ↑ The Times, Thursday, Mar 11, 1971; pg. 18; Issue 58119; col E Rt Rev F. W. T. Craske
| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by Cecil Douglas Horsley |
Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe 1953– 1959 |
Succeeded by Stanley Albert Hallam Eley |
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