Claudius Crigan

Claudius Crigan
Bishop of Sodor and Man
Installed	1784
Term ended	1813 (death)
Predecessor	George Mason
Successor	George Murray
Personal details
Born	Claudius Crigan c. 1743 (1743) Omagh, Tyrone
Died	1813(1813-00-00) (aged 69–70)
Denomination	Church of England
Spouse	Mary Crump (Harman)[1] Mary Crigan née Smelt
Alma mater	St Mary Hall, Oxford

Claudius Crigan (c. 1743 – 5 April 1813)^[2] was an Anglican clergyman who served in the Church of England as the Bishop of Sodor and Man from 1784 to 1813.^[3]

A native of Omagh, County Tyrone, Ireland, he was educated at Trinity College, Dublin.^[4] He became the chaplain to an infantry regiment stationed in the West Indies, and whilst there, he married Mary, widow of John Harmon of Antigua.^[2] After retiring from the army, he became the Rector (or Chaplain) of St Anne's Church in Liverpool.^[2]

He was nominated Bishop of Sodor and Man by Charlotte Murray, Duchess of Atholl on 1 March 1784 and received royal assent on 27 March 1784.^[3][5] He was consecrated on 4 April 1784 and enthroned on 5 May 1784.^[3][5]

He died in office on 5 April 1813, aged 74. He had become a Doctor of Divinity (DD).^{[citation needed][when?]}

References

1. "Family tree of Mary Crump". Geneanet. Geneanet. Retrieved 4 August 2021.
2. "Claudius Crigan — Bishop 1784-1813". A Manx Note Book: People. Isle of Man.com. Retrieved 6 June 2012.
3. Fryde, E. B.; Greenway, D. E.; Porter, S.; Roy, I., eds. (1986). Handbook of British Chronology (3rd, reprinted 2003 ed.). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 274. ISBN 0-521-56350-X.
4. "Alumni Dublinenses : a register of the students, graduates, professors and provosts of Trinity College in the University of Dublin (1593-1860George Dames Burtchaell/Thomas Ulick Sadleir p191: Dublin, Alex Thom and Co, 1935
5. Horn, J. M.; Smith, D. M.; Mussett, P. (2004). "Bishops of Sodor and Man". Fasti Ecclesiae Anglicanae 1541–1857: Volume 11: Carlisle, Chester, Durham, Manchester, Ripon, and Sodor and Man Dioceses. British History Online. pp. 141–146.

Church of England titles
Preceded by George Mason	Bishop of Sodor and Man 1784–1813	Succeeded by George Murray