Cecil Gribble

The Rev.
Cecil Gribble
O.B.E., M.A., Dip.Ed., L.R.S.M.
Born Cecil Frank Gribble
(1903-06-12)12 June 1903
Died 15 September 1995(1995-09-15) (aged 92)
Nationality Australian
Occupation Christian minister
Religion Methodism
Awards Order of the British Empire 1958

Cecil Frank Gribble (12 June 1903 – 15 September 1995) was an Australian Christian minister who was President General of the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia 1964–1966.[1][2]

Biography

Gribble was born in Ballarat, Victoria, and trained as a pharmaceutical chemist. In 1924 he was accepted as a candidate for ministry and attended Queen's College (University of Melbourne). He Graduated with an MA (Hons) in 1931 and was ordained. He had appointments to congregations in Alice Springs, Cobram, Shepparton, Hobart, and Launceston before Tonga. From 1939 until 1942 Gribble was Principal of Tupou College and then from 1943 until 1945 he was Director of Education in Tonga. With the Methodist Church in Australia in he was Assistant General Secretary for Overseas Missions before becoming General Secretary. In 1958 he was the Australian representative at the World Conference of the International Missionary Council, in 1961 he was a delegate to the World Assemblies of the World Council of Churches at New Delhi and in 1968 at Uppsala. From 1974 until 1995 he was a supernumerary living on the northern beaches of Sydney. He was married to Isabel Overend the daughter of the Rev. & Mrs H.A. Overend in 1933. His wife predeceased him in 1985. They had two sons and one daughter. Gribble died while travelling in Taiwan. The Uniting Church in Australia parish at Dee Why, New South Wales, is named in his honour.[3]

Honours

Preceded by
Robert H. Nesbitt		 Chairman
Newington College Council
1964–1965 		Succeeded by
A.D.G. Stewart

References

  1. ↑ Methodist Leaders 1902–1977
  2. ↑ "Among the churches Church founder to leave". The Canberra Times. 43, (12,153). Australian Capital Territory, Australia. 9 November 1968. p. 17. Retrieved 22 October 2016 – via National Library of Australia.
  3. ↑ Dee Why’s oldest church still stands proud Retrieved 22 October 2016.
  4. ↑ It's an Honour: OBE
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