Anthony Crockett

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The Right Reverend Anthony Crockett
Bishop of Bangor
Church	Church in Wales
Diocese	Diocese of Bangor
In office	2004 to 2008
Predecessor	Saunders Davies
Successor	Andy John
Orders
Ordination	1971 (deacon) 1972 (priest)
Consecration	2004
Personal details
Born	Phillip Anthony Crockett (1945-08-23)23 August 1945
Died	30 June 2008(2008-06-30) (aged 62)
Nationality	Welsh
Denomination	Anglicanism
Profession	Clergyman
Education	Pontypridd County Grammar School
Alma mater	King's College London St Michael's College, Llandaff

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

1. "CROCKETT, Rt Rev. (Phillip) Anthony". Who Was Who. Oxford University Press. April 2014. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
2. Debrett's People of Today. London: Debrett's, 2008, ISBN 978-1-870520-95-9
3. "Phillip Anthony Crockett". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 23 February 2017.
4. Esgob: Y cynta i ysgaru (Bishop: first to be divorced)
5. Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0)
6. Who's Who 2008: London: A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
7. - "The Right Rev Anthony Crockett: Forthright Bishop of Bangor", The Independent, 11 July 2008.
8. "First divorced bishop appointed". BBC News. Retrieved 30 August 2012.
9. "The Right Reverend Anthony Crockett", The Daily Telegraph, 1 July 2008.

Church in Wales titles
Preceded by Saunders Davies	Bishop of Bangor 2004–2008	Succeeded by Andy John