Phillip Anthony "Tony" Crockett (23 August 1945 – 30 June 2008) was a Welsh Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Bangor from 2004 until his death from prostate cancer in 2008.
Early life and education
Crockett was born on 23 August 1945.[1] He was educated at Pontypridd County Grammar School, an all-boys state grammar school in Pontypridd.[2] He studied classics at King's College London, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1967.[1] He remained at King's to study theology in preparation for ordination, completing a Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree and the Associateship of King's College (AKC) qualification in 1970.[1][3] He then underwent a year of training at St Michael's College, Llandaff, an Anglican theological college in Wales, leaving in 1971 to be ordained.[3]
Ordained ministry
Crockett was ordained in the Church in Wales as a deacon in 1971 and as a priest in 1972.[3] He was a curate at Aberdare and Whitchurch (Cardiff). From 1978 to 1986 he was Vicar of Llanafan y Trawsgoed then from 1986 Rector of Dowlais before serving eight years as the Secretary of the Board of Ministry of the Church in Wales. A fluent Welsh speaker,[4] his final post before his ordination to the episcopate was as Archdeacon of Carmarthen (1999-2004).[5]
In 2004, Crockett became the Bishop of Bangor.[6]
Personal life
Crockett was the first divorced person in the United Kingdom to be appointed as a bishop in a mainstream church, amidst some controversy.[7][8] In 1985 he separated from his first wife, with whom he had three children. He married Caroline Ann Owen (born 1959) in 1999[8] and also ordained her in 2006.[9]
References
- ^ a b c "CROCKETT, Rt Rev. (Phillip) Anthony". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. April 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ Debrett's People of Today. London: Debrett's, 2008, ISBN 978-1-870520-95-9
- ^ a b c "Phillip Anthony Crockett". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
- ^ Esgob: Y cynta i ysgaru (Bishop: first to be divorced)
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0)
- ^ Who's Who 2008: London: A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
- ^ - "The Right Rev Anthony Crockett: Forthright Bishop of Bangor", The Independent, 11 July 2008.
- ^ a b "First divorced bishop appointed". BBC News. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
- ^ "The Right Reverend Anthony Crockett", The Daily Telegraph, 1 July 2008.
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