George Harvard Cranswick (1882–1954) was the 2nd Bishop

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 of Gippsland

Anglican Diocese of Gippsland

The Anglican Diocese of Gippsland is located in the Gippsland region of Victoria, Australia, extending from Phillip Island to Mallacoota. It has existed as a diocese since 1902, when the Right Reverend Arthur Wellesley Pain was installed at the first Bishop of Gippsland.The cathedral church of the...

 from 1917 until 1942.

Educated at The King's School, Parramatta  and Sydney University, he was ordained in 1908. In a varied career he was Acting Vice-Principal of Noble College, Masulipatam, Headmaster of the CMS

Church Mission Society

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 Bezwada , Chairman of the Deccan District Church Council, and Rector

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 of St Paul’s, Chatswood before his elevation to the Episcopate. His younger brother Geoffrey was the 8th Bishop of Tasmania

Anglican Diocese of Tasmania

The Anglican Diocese of Tasmania includes the entire Tasmanian archipelago and is an extraprovincial diocese of the Anglican Church of Australia. The cathedral church of the diocese is St David's Cathedral in Hobart. The current Bishop of Tasmania, ordained as bishop and also installed on 25 July...

. An eminent author, he died on 25 October 1954.