George Appleton

This article is about the bishop. For the American publisher, see George Swett Appleton. For the fictional character, see George Appleton (Coronation Street).

The Most Reverend George Appleton CMG, MBE
Archbishop in Jerusalem
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Church	Anglican Communion
Province	Jerusalem and the Middle East
Diocese	Jerusalem
In office	1969–1974
Predecessor	Campbell MacInnes
Successor	Robert Stopford
Previous posts	Archbishop of Perth (1963–1969) Archdeacon of London, Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of London and Canon Residentiary of St Paul's Cathedral (1962–1963)
Orders
Ordination	1925 (as deacon) by Arthur Winnington-Ingram 1926 (as priest) by William Perrin
Consecration	24 June 1963 by Michael Ramsey
Personal details
Born	(1902-02-20)20 February 1902 Windsor, Berkshire, England
Died	28 August 1993(1993-08-28) (aged 91)
Nationality	English
Denomination	Anglicanism
Parents	Thomas George Appleton Lily, née Cock
Spouse	Marjorie (Madge) ​ ​ (m. 1929; died 1980)​
Children	3
Alma mater	Selwyn College, Cambridge St Augustine's College, Canterbury
Signature	George Appleton's signature

George Frederick Appleton, CMG, MBE (20 February 1902 – 28 August 1993) was an Anglican bishop in the third quarter of the twentieth century and a writer.

Life

Born in Windsor, Berkshire to Thomas George Appleton and Lily Cock, 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.

He described the war-time experience of the Anglican Church in Burma in a 1946 booklet for SPG, The War and After: Burma. Before the Europeans left Burma in the face of the invading Japanese, Appleton put into place plans for Holy Communion once stores of wafers and wine had run out: local congregations would use boiled rice and tea or water or coconut milk as the elements.

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 had three children, Margaret, Timothy and Rachel. His wife died on 16 April 1980. He died on 28 August 1993.

Works

• Glad Encounter. SPCK Publishing, 1978.
• Daily prayer and praise. Westminster Press, 1978. .
• Glimpses of Faith. Mowbray, 1982.
• Prayers from a Troubled Heart. Fortress Pr, 1983. .
• Entry into Life: Gospel Of Death. Darton, Longman Todd, 1985.
• The Heart of the Bible. HarperCollins, 1986.
• Journey for a Soul. 1986, ASIN B000S5KMS2.
• Jerusalem Prayers for the World Today. SPCK Publishing, 1986. .
• Understanding The Psalms. Continuum International Pub., 1988. .
• Unfinished: George Appleton Remembers and Reflects. HarperCollins, 1990. .
• (first published by OUP 1985 )

External links

• Portraits of George Appleton at the National Portrait Gallery, London