Geoffrey Cranswick

The Right Reverend

Geoffrey Franceys Cranswick
Bishop of Tasmania
ChurchAnglican Church of Australia
DioceseDiocese of Tasmania
In office1944–1963
PredecessorRobert Hay
SuccessorRobert Davies
Orders
Consecration25 January 1944
by William Temple
Personal details
Born(1894-04-10)April 10, 1894
Sydney, Australia
DiedJuly 19, 1978(1978-07-19) (aged 84)
NationalityAustralian
DenominationAnglican
ParentsCanon Edward Glanville Cranswick
OccupationBishop, missionary, school principal
Alma materUniversity of Sydney

Geoffrey Franceys Cranswick (10 April 1894 – 19 July 1978) was the Anglican Bishop of Tasmania[1] from 1944 to 1963.[2]

Cranswick was born in Sydney, a son of Canon Edward Glanville Cranswick[3] (c. 1853 – 24 March 1934).[4] He was educated at The King's School, Parramatta, Sydney Church of England Grammar School and the University of Sydney (B.A., 1916).[5]

Cranswick was made deacon at Michaelmas 1920 (3 October)[6] and ordained priest the Michaelmas following (2 October 1921) — both times by John Watts Ditchfield, Bishop of Chelmsford, at Chelmsford Cathedral[7] — to a curacy at West Ham before being with the Church Mission Society (CMS)[8][9] in Bengal to 1937[10] and then Principal of King Edward's School Chapra[11] until his ordination to the episcopate to serve as Bishop of Tasmania. He was consecrated a bishop on the Feast of the Conversion of Paul the Apostle 1944 (25 January) at Westminster Abbey by William Temple, Archbishop of Canterbury.[12] He died on 19 July 1978 and is  buried in the churchyard at St Matthew New Norfolk.[13] His elder brother, George, was the Bishop of Gippsland from 1917 to 1942.[14]

References

  1. ^ National Archives
  2. ^ "Ecclesiastical News: New Bishop Of Tasmania", The Times 20 October 1943; p.7
  3. ^ "New Bishop of Tasmania". The Age. No. 27786. Victoria, Australia. 11 May 1944. p. 2. Retrieved 18 March 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  4. ^ "Canon E. G. Cranswick". The Week. Vol. CXIV, no. 3, 040. Queensland, Australia. 28 March 1934. p. 24. Retrieved 18 March 2025 – via National Library of Australia.
  5. ^ Daniels, Louis V. (1993). "Geoffrey Franceys Cranswick (1894–1978)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 13. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  6. ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 3011. 8 October 1920. p. 343. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 3 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 3063. 7 October 1921. p. 331. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 3 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. ^ Catalogue of the papers of the Overseas Division
  9. ^ National Church Institutions Database of Manuscripts and Archives[permanent dead link]
  10. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941
  11. ^ "Cranswick, Geoffrey Franceys". Who's Who. A & C Black. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  12. ^ "Abbey consecation". Church Times. No. 4227. 28 January 1944. p. 46. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 3 December 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  13. ^ State Library of Tasmania
  14. ^ McPherson, Albert B. (1993). "George Harvard Cranswick (1882–1954)". Australian Dictionary of Biography. Vol. 13. National Centre of Biography, Australian National University. ISBN 978-0-522-84459-7. ISSN 1833-7538. OCLC 70677943. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
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