{{Short description|Bishop of Doncaster}} {{For|the Western writer who used Stewart Cross as a pen-name|Harry Sinclair Drago}} {{Use dmy dates|date=July 2018}} {{Use British English|date=January 2016}} {{Infobox Christian leader | name = Stewart Cross | title = Bishop of Blackburn | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | diocese = Diocese of Blackburn | elected = | term = 1982–1989 (d.) | enthroned = | quashed = | term_end = | predecessor = Robert Martineau | opposed = | successor = Alan Chesters | other_post = {{unbulleted list|Bishop of Doncaster {{nowrap|(1976–1982)}}}} <!---------- Orders ----------> | ordination = 1954 (deacon); 1955 (priest) | ordained_by = Noel Hudson (Newcastle) | consecration = 1976 | consecrated_by = Stuart Blanch (York) <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1928|4|4|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|1989|4|6|1928|4|4|df=y}} | death_place = | buried = | nationality = | religion = Anglican | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | education = | alma_mater = Trinity College, Dublin }} '''David Stewart Cross''' (4 April 1928{{snd}}6 April 1989)<ref>{{cite web |title=The Hymn Vol.44 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=72kJAQAAMAAJ&q=David+Stewart+Cross |publisher=Hymn Society of America |access-date=29 June 2022 |page=31 |date=1993}}</ref> was the second Bishop of Doncaster who was later translated to Blackburn.
Educated at Trinity College, Dublin,<ref>“Who was Who” 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}</ref> he was made deacon on Trinity Sunday 1954 (13 June)<ref>{{Church Times | title = Ordinations on Trinity Sunday | archive = 1954_06_25_499 | issue = 4768 | date = 25 June 1954 | page = 499 | accessed = 4 January 2021 }}</ref> and ordained priest the following Trinity Sunday (5 June 1955) — both times by Noel Hudson, Bishop of Newcastle, at Newcastle Cathedral.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Trinity ordinations | archive = 1955_06_24_017 | issue = 4820 | date = 24 June 1955 | page = 17 | accessed = 4 January 2021 }}</ref> His first post was as a curate at Hexham. From 1960 to 1963 he was Precentor of St Albans Cathedral<ref>Crockfords, (London, Church House 1975) {{ISBN|0-7151-8088-6}}</ref> then moved to Manchester to serve St Ambrose Church in Chorlton-on-Medlock.
From 1968 to 1976 he was a producer and broadcaster for BBC religious broadcasting at Manchester, which included a TV ''Songs of Praise'' from Blackburn Cathedral,<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.fcoca.org.uk/uploads/1/5/0/1/15016958/blackburn_music___more_2014.1.pdf | title=Music and More | publisher=The Federation of Old Choristers' Associations | accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref> whose diocese he would later serve as bishop.
In 1976 he was ordained to the episcopate, first serving as suffragan Bishop of Doncaster.<ref>''The Times'', 17 December 1975; pg. 15; Issue 59580; col D, New Bishop of Doncaster announced</ref> His consecration was on 2 July 1976 at York Minster, by Stuart Blanch, Archbishop of York.<ref>{{Church Times | title = New bishop is consecrated | archive = 1976_07_09_003 | issue = 5917 | date = 9 July 1976 | page = 3 | accessed = 4 January 2021 }}</ref> Then in 1982 he was appointed diocesan Bishop of Blackburn, serving until his premature death from cancer in 1989. He was survived by his wife, Mary, a son and two daughters.
He is today perhaps best known for his hymn "Father, Lord of all creation", published in several English-language hymnbooks.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://hymnary.org/text/father_lord_of_all_creation | title=Father, Lord of all creation | publisher=hymnary.org | accessdate=1 July 2018}}</ref>
==See also== *{{Portal-inline|Christianity}}
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{{S-start}} {{S-rel|en}} {{S-bef|before=Hetley Price}} {{S-ttl|title=Bishop of Doncaster|years=1976–1982}} {{S-aft|after=William Persson}} {{S-bef|before=Robert Martineau}} {{S-ttl|title=Bishop of Blackburn|years=1982–1989}} {{S-aft|after=Alan Chesters}} {{S-end}} {{Bishops of Doncaster}} {{Bishops of Blackburn}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Cross, Stewart David}} Category:1928 births Category:Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Category:Bishops of Doncaster Category:Bishops of Blackburn Category:1989 deaths Category:20th-century Church of England bishops