John Greig (bishop)

Memorial within Guildford Cathedral

John Harold Greig was Bishop of Gibraltar^[1] then Guildford ^[2] in the first half of the 20th century. He was born on 13 February 1865 ^[3] and educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was ordained deacon in 1888 ^[4] and priest a year later.^[5] After a curacy at St Bartholomew’s, Sydenham^[6] he was Wilberforce Missioner in South London ^[7] then Vicar of St Paul’s, Lorrimore Square; and later became Archdeacon of Worcester before his elevation to the Episcopate. He died on 28 March 1938.^[8]

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