George Briggs

Who was George Briggs?

George Cardell Briggs CMG OGS was the first Bishop of The Seychelles

Born in Warrington, Briggs was educated at Worksop College and Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. After studying at Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained in 1935. He was a curate of St Alban’s Stockport until 1937 when he became a missionary priest in the Diocese of Masabi, Tanzania. He was the Archdeacon of Newala from 1955 to 1964 and then Rector of St Alban’s Dar-es-Salaam until 1969 when he became Warden of St Cyprian’s Theological College, Masasi, his last post before ordination to the episcopate.