Gerald Brooks

{{for|the British nobleman|Gerald Beach Brooks, 3rd Baron Crawshaw}}

{{Portal|Christianity}}Gerald Henry Brooks (February 11, 1905 – December 12, 1974) was an Anglican bishop in the third quarter of the 20th century.

He was educated at Tonbridge School“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} and Keble College, Oxford and ordained in 1931.Crockford's Clerical Directory1940-41 Oxford, OUP,1941 His first post was a curacy at St Saviour's, Poplar.{{Cite web |url=http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/MDX/Poplar/churches.htm |title=Genuki |access-date=2010-09-29 |archive-date=2008-12-31 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081231142217/http://homepages.gold.ac.uk/genuki/MDX/Poplar/churches.htm |url-status=dead }} He was Domestic Chaplain to John Dauglish, Bishop of Nassau, from 1932 to 1934 and then Priest in charge of All Saints, Andros, Bahamas until 1940. Later he was Archdeacon of Nassau{{Cite web |url=http://www.prolades.com/cra/docs/holland/english/belize1980_profile.pdf |title=Prolades |access-date=2010-09-29 |archive-date=2011-07-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715122710/http://www.prolades.com/cra/docs/holland/english/belize1980_profile.pdf |url-status=dead }} and from 1950Ecclesiastical News New Bishop Of Honduras The Times Wednesday, May 03, 1950; pg. 8; Issue 51681; col D to 1966Church News B. Honduras Bishop Resigns The Times Friday, Apr 01, 1966; pg. 14; Issue 56595; col B the tenth Bishop of British Honduras.

References

{{S-start}}

{{S-rel|}}

{{S-bef|before=Douglas Wilson}}

{{S-ttl|title=Bishop of British Honduras|years=1950–1966}}

{{S-aft|after=Benjamin Vaughan}}

{{S-end}}

{{Bishops of British Honduras}}

{{authority control}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Brooks, Gerald Henry}}

Category:1905 births

Category:People educated at Tonbridge School

Category:Alumni of Keble College, Oxford

Category:Anglican bishops of Belize

Category:20th-century Anglican bishops in the Caribbean

Category:1974 deaths

{{Anglican-bishop-stub}}

{{Belize-bio-stub}}