Kenneth Cragg

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Bishop of Egypt (1972–1974)
Orders
Ordination1935 (deacon)
1937 (priest)
Consecration1972
Personal details
Born
Albert Kenneth Cragg

(1913-03-08)8 March 1913
Died13 November 2012(2012-11-13) (aged 99)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism

Albert Kenneth Cragg (8 March 1913 – 13 November 2012) was an

Muslim relations.[3]

Early life and education

Cragg was born on 8 March 1913. He was educated at

Blackpool Grammar School and Jesus College, Oxford. He was awarded the Grafton Scholarship[4] in 1934.[5]

Ordained ministry

Cragg was ordained in 1937. He began his career with a

St Augustine's College, Canterbury
.

Episcopal ministry

Cragg was elevated to the

Assistant Bishop of Jerusalem in 1969.[7]

There was at that time no

Bishop of Egypt, and Cragg was given responsibility for the oversight of the Anglican communities in that country, until, in 1974, as a result of the reorganisation of the Anglican Church in the Middle East, a new Bishop was appointed.[8]

He was then appointed

Assistant Bishop within the Wakefield Diocese
).

In 1982, he retired to Diocese of Oxford.

Personal life

He married, in 1940, Melita Arnold. She died in 1989.[10]

Works

Translations

  • Hussein, Muhammad Kamel City of Wrong - A Friday in Jerusalem (1954) Cairo. Translation from Arabic published 1959 by Djambatan, Amsterdam.

References

  1. ^ The Times, Monday, 12 Aug 1963; p. 7; Issue 55777; col B Anglican Mission To The World (Toronto Congress) "The political frontier"-The Rt Dr Kenneth Craggs
  2. ^ The Times. No. 61142. 27 January 1982. p. 10, col. E. It would be odd to imagine that Palestinians would forget in three decades what Jews remembered for 18 centuries {{cite news}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
  3. ^ Interview with Bishop Cragg Archived 5 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  4. ^ The Times, Monday, 1 October 1934; pg. 7; Issue 46873; col C Ecclesiastical News Grafton Scholarship
  5. ^ Wound up 1996/7 Archived 6 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  6. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
  7. ^ The Times, Thursday, 18 December 1969; pg. 10; Issue 57746; col E Church News Canon Appointed Bishop
  8. ^ "Bishops of the Diocese of Egypt". Official website of the Episcopal Anglican Diocese of Egypt. Retrieved 8 April 2011. "The Rt Rev Kenneth Cragg". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
  9. ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  10. ^ "The Rt Rev Kenneth Cragg". The Telegraph. Retrieved 27 November 2012.
Anglican Communion titles
Suspended
Title last held by
Francis Featherstonehaugh Johnston
Bishop of Egypt

1969–1974 		Succeeded by
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