Ken Giggall

George Kenneth Giggall OBE (15 April 1913 – 23 September 1999) was an Anglican bishop.

Biography

Giggall was born on 15 April 1913^[1] and educated at Manchester University. After a period of study at St Chad's College, Durham. He was ordained deacon in 1939^[2] and priest in 1940 and began his ministry as a curate at St Alban's Cheetwood and St Elisabeth's Reddish.^[3]

In 1945 he joined the Royal Navy as a chaplain,^[4] serving until 1968 when he became Dean of Gibraltar.^[5] In 1973 he was appointed Bishop of St Helena,^[6] a position he held until 1979. He died on 23 September 1999.

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