Cecil Gribble

Cecil Frank Gribble (12 June 190315 September 1995) was an Australian Christian minister who was President General of the General Conference of the Methodist Church of Australasia 1964–1966.

Early life and education Cecil Frank Gribble was born on 12 June 1903 in Ballarat, Victoria, and trained as a pharmaceutical chemist.

In 1924 he was accepted as a candidate for ministry and attended the University of Melbourne's Queen's College. He graduated with an MA (Hons) in 1931 and was ordained.

In 1968 Gribble was once again a delegate at the World Assemblies of the WCC, this time at Uppsala, Sweden.

From 1974 until 1995 he was a supernumerary in Sydney.

Family and death Gribble married to Isabel Overend, the daughter of the Rev. and Mrs H.A. Overend, in 1933. His wife predeceased him in 1985. They had two sons and one daughter.

Honours 1958: Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE)