George Beck (bishop)
{{Short description|Catholic Archbishop of Liverpool (1904–1978)}}
{{moresources|date=July 2022}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| type = Archbishop
| honorific-prefix = The Most Reverend
| name = George Beck
| honorific-suffix = AA
| title = Archbishop of Liverpool
| image = Bishop Beck.jpg
| image_size = 220
| alt =
| caption =
| diocese = Liverpool
| appointed = 29 January 1964
| term_end = 7 February 1976
| predecessor = John Carmel Heenan
| successor = Derek Worlock
| ordination = 24 July 1927
| ordained_by =
| consecration = 21 September 1948
| consecrated_by = Bernard Griffin
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{birth date|df=y|1904|5|28}}
| birth_place = Streatham, London, England
| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|1978|9|13|1904|5|28}}
| death_place = Liverpool, England
| buried =
| nationality =
| church = Roman Catholic
| parents =
| previous_post = Bishop of Salford (1955–64)
Bishop of Brentwood
(1951–55)
Coadjutor Bishop of Brentwood and Titular Bishop of Tigias (1948–51)
| alma_mater =
| motto =
| education = Clapham College
| signature_alt =
| coat_of_arms =
| coat_of_arms_alt =
}}
{{Infobox archbishop styles
| archbishop name = George Beck
| dipstyle = The Most Reverend
| offstyle = Your Grace
| relstyle = Archbishop
| image =
}}
George Andrew Beck (28 May 1904 – 13 September 1978) was an English prelate who served in the Roman Catholic Church as Archbishop of Liverpool from 29 January 1964 to 7 February 1976.{{Catholic-hierarchy|bishop|bbeckg|Archbishop George Andrew Beck, A.A.|26 June 2011}}
Life
Beck was born in Streatham in south London. He was educated at Clapham College and later at the Assumptionist College of St Michael at Hitchin in Hertfordshire. In 1927, he was ordained priest in the order of the Assumptionists (or Augustinians of the Assumption). He was headmaster of the Becket School in Nottingham and in 1948, he was appointed coadjutor Bishop of Brentwood and titular bishop of Tigias. He succeeded as Bishop of Brentwood in 1951 was subsequently Bishop of Salford from 1955 to 1964. As Bishop of Salford he continued the substantial expansion of new parishes and schools begun by his predecessor, Henry Vincent Marshall, to implement the Education Act. Beck was an educational expert, and successfully led negotiations with successive governments to better the position of Catholic schools across the country. He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council from 1962 until 1965. In 1964 he was appointed Archbishop of Liverpool, from which he resigned at the age of 71 in 1976.
Archbishop Beck Catholic Sports College in the Walton area of Liverpool is named after him.
References
{{Reflist}}
{{-}}
{{Start box}}
{{s-rel|ca}}
{{Succession box| before=Arthur Doubleday | title=Bishop of Brentwood |years=1951—1955| after=Bernard Patrick Wall}}
{{Succession box| before=Henry Vincent Marshall | title=Bishop of Salford |years=1955—1964| after=Thomas Holland}}
{{Succession box| before=John Carmel Heenan | title=Archbishop of Liverpool |years=1964—1976| after=Derek John Worlock}}
{{End box}}
{{Diocese of Brentwood}}
{{Diocese of Salford}}
{{Archdiocese of Liverpool}}
{{Authority control}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beck, George Andrew}}
Category:20th-century Roman Catholic archbishops in the United Kingdom
Category:People from Streatham
Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Brentwood
Category:Roman Catholic archbishops of Liverpool
Category:Participants in the Second Vatican Council
Category:Roman Catholic bishops of Salford
Category:British Roman Catholic archbishops
{{UK-RC-archbishop-stub}}