George Cardell Briggs CMG OGS[1][2] (6 September 1910 – 15 March 2004)[3] was the first Bishop of The Seychelles.
After studying at Cuddesdon College he was ordained deacon in 1934 and priest in 1935.
[5] He was a curate of St Alban's, Stockport until 1937[6] when he became a missionary priest in the Diocese of Masabi, Tanzania.
[5] He was the Archdeacon of Newala from 1955 to 1964 and then Rector of St Alban's Dar-es-Salaam until 1969[7] when he became Warden of St Cyprian's Theological College, Masasi, his last post before ordination to the episcopate.
[9] He resigned his See in 1979 and returned to England as Assistant Bishop of Derby; he went to Mauritius the next year.