# Stewart Cross

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{{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](/source/Bishop_of_Blackburn)
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| diocese          = [Diocese of Blackburn](/source/Diocese_of_Blackburn)
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| term             = 1982–1989 (d.)
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| predecessor      = [Robert Martineau](/source/Robert_Martineau)
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| successor        = [Alan Chesters](/source/Alan_Chesters)
| other_post       = {{unbulleted list|[Bishop of Doncaster](/source/Bishop_of_Doncaster) {{nowrap|(1976–1982)}}}}
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| ordination       = 1954 (deacon); 1955 (priest)
| ordained_by      = [Noel Hudson](/source/Noel_Hudson) (Newcastle)
| consecration     = 1976
| consecrated_by   = [Stuart Blanch](/source/Stuart_Blanch) (York)
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| religion         = [Anglican](/source/Anglicanism)
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| alma_mater       = [Trinity College, Dublin](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Dublin)
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'''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](/source/Bishop_of_Doncaster) who was later [translated](/source/Translation_(ecclesiastical)) to [Blackburn](/source/Bishop_of_Blackburn).

Educated at [Trinity College, Dublin](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Dublin),<ref>[“Who was Who” 1897-1990](/source/Who's_Who) London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}}</ref> he was made deacon on [Trinity Sunday](/source/Trinity_Sunday) 1954 (13&nbsp;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](/source/ordained) priest the following Trinity Sunday (5&nbsp;June 1955) — both times by [Noel Hudson](/source/Noel_Hudson), [Bishop of Newcastle](/source/Bishop_of_Newcastle_(England)), at [Newcastle Cathedral](/source/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](/source/curate) at [Hexham](/source/Hexham).  From 1960 to 1963 he was [Precentor](/source/Precentor) of [St&nbsp;Albans Cathedral](/source/St%26nbsp%3BAlbans_Cathedral)<ref>[Crockfords](/source/Crockford's_clerical_directory), (London, Church House 1975) {{ISBN|0-7151-8088-6}}</ref> then moved to [Manchester](/source/Manchester) to serve St&nbsp;Ambrose Church in [Chorlton-on-Medlock](/source/Chorlton-on-Medlock).

From 1968 to 1976 he was a producer and broadcaster for [BBC](/source/BBC) religious broadcasting at Manchester, which included a TV ''[Songs of Praise](/source/Songs_of_Praise)'' from [Blackburn Cathedral](/source/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](/source/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](/source/York_Minster), by [Stuart Blanch](/source/Stuart_Blanch), [Archbishop of York](/source/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](/source/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 [hymnbook](/source/hymnal)s.<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}}

==References==
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{{S-bef|before=[Hetley Price](/source/Hetley_Price)}}
{{S-ttl|title=[Bishop of Doncaster](/source/Bishop_of_Doncaster)|years=1976&ndash;1982}}
{{S-aft|after=[William Persson](/source/William_Persson)}}
{{S-bef|before=[Robert Martineau](/source/Robert_Martineau)}}
{{S-ttl|title=[Bishop of Blackburn](/source/Bishop_of_Blackburn)|years=1982&ndash;1989}}
{{S-aft|after=[Alan Chesters](/source/Alan_Chesters)}}
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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

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