Name George Appleton | ||
George Appleton CMG, MBE (20 February 1902 – 28 August 1993) was an Anglican bishop in the third quarter of the twentieth century and a writer.
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Born in Windsor, Appleton was educated at Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he gained his B.A. in 1924, followed by his M.A. in 1929. Meanwhile, he trained at St Augustine's College, Canterbury, subsequently he was ordained a deacon in 1925 and a priest at St Dunstan's, Stepney, the Stepney parish church, in 1926.
After the curacy, Appleton spent the next 20 years in Burma as a SPG missionary, ending this part of his ministry as Archdeacon of Rangoon before returning to England. He was next vicar of Headstone then rector of St Botolph's Aldgate.
In 1962, he became Archdeacon of London and a canon of St Paul's Cathedral and a year later Anglican Archbishop of Perth, Australia. In 1969 he was translated to Jerusalem. He retired in 1974, and thereafter served as Assistant Curate at St Michael, Cornhill in the Diocese of London.
A prominent writer, he was awarded the Buber-Rosenzweig Medal by the Council of Christians and Jews in 1975.
Personal life
Appleton was married to Marjorie (Madge) in Holy Trinity Cathedral, Yangon (then Rangoon) in 1929. The couple has three children, Margaret, Timothy and Rachel. His wife died on 16 April 1980. He died on 28 August 1993.