- Douglas Crick
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Douglas Henry Crick was the Anglican Bishop of Chester from 1939 until 1955.[1][2]
Crick was born in 1885 [3] and educated at Winchester College and New College, Oxford before beginning his ordained ministry as a chaplain to the Mersey Mission for Seamen. A curacy at Maltby followed before a period in education at Winchester College. From there he was successively vicar of Wednesbury, Archdeacon of Stoke-on-Trent and the suffragan Bishop of Stafford before becoming the diocesan Bishop of Chester. In retirement he was an honorary assistant bishop of the Diocese of Gloucester.[4] He died in 1973.
References
- ^ Ecclesiastical News, New Bishop Of Chester (Official Appointments and Notices), The Times, 24 October 1939
- ^ Resignation of the Bishop Of Chester, The Times, London, 12 January 1955; pg. 8; Issue 53137; col C
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 071363457X
- ^ Right Rev D.H. Crick, Former Bishop of Chester (Obituaries), The Times, London, 8 August 1973; pg. 16; Issue 58855; col G
Church of England titles Preceded by
Lionel Payne CrawfurdBishop of Stafford
1934–1938Succeeded by
Lemprière Durell HammondPreceded by
Geoffrey FisherBishop of Chester
1939–1955Succeeded by
Gerald EllisonBishops of Stafford Edward Were • Lionel Crawfurd • Douglas Crick • Lemprière Hammond • Richard Clitherow • John Waine • John Waller • Michael Scott-Joynt • Christopher Hill • Gordon Mursell • Geoff Annas
Bishops of Chester John Bird • George Cotes • Cuthbert Scott • William Downham • William Chaderton • Hugh Bellot • Richard Vaughan • George Lloyd • Thomas Morton • John Bridgeman • Brian Walton • Henry Ferne • George Hall • John Wilkins • John Pearson • Thomas Cartwright • Nicholas Stratford • Sir William Dawes • Francis Gastrell • Samuel Peploe • Edmund Keene • William Markham • Beilby Porteus • William Cleaver • Henry Majendie • Bowyer Sparke • George Law • Charles Blomfield • John Sumner • John Graham • William Jacobson • William Stubbs • Francis Jayne • Luke Paget • Geoffrey Fisher • Douglas Crick • Gerald Ellison • Victor Whitsey • Michael Baughen • Peter Forster
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