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Francis Gregory (bishop)

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(Redirected from Francis Ambrose Gregory) Bishop of Mauritius

The Rt Rev Francis Ambrose Gregory (1848 - 31 January 1927) was a former Bishop of Mauritius.

Born into an ecclesiastical family in 1848 and educated at Trinity College, Glenalmond and Corpus Christi College, Oxford, he was ordained in 1873 and began his career as a Curate in Cheam. After that he was a SPG Missionary in Madagascar. In time he became the Principal of St Paul’s College, Ambatoharanana and Chaplain to the Bishop. He was Bishop of Mauritius from 1904 to 1919.

He died on 31 January 1927 and is buried at Northiam Cemetery, East Sussex.

Notes

  1. The Times, Monday, Jul 09, 1883; pg. 10; Issue 30867; col B University Intelligence
  2. National Archives
  3. His father was the Very Rev Robert Gregory, Dean of St Paul’s from 1891 until 1911 > “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
  4. "The Clergy List, Clerical Guide and Ecclesiastical Directory" London, Hamilton & Co 1889
  5. Malden Richard (ed) (1920). Crockford's Clerical Directory for 1920 (51st edn). London: The Field Press. p. 610.
  6. The Times, Wednesday, Apr 13, 1904; pg. 11; Issue 37367; col F New Bishop of Mauritius
  7. The Times, Wednesday, Feb 02, 1927; pg. 17; Issue 44495; col D Obituary Bishop Gregory

External links

  • Ny Boky Fivavahana Portions of the Book of Common Prayer in Malagasy (1904) translated by Gregory
Church of England titles
Preceded byWalter Ruthven Pym Bishop of Mauritius
1904 – 1919 		Succeeded byCyril Henry Golding-Bird
Bishops of Mauritius


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