Education
Crockett was educated at Pontypridd Grammar School and King"s College London before beginning his ordained ministry.
Crockett was educated at Pontypridd Grammar School and King"s College London before beginning his ordained ministry.
He was ordained in 1971 and was a curate at Aberdare and Whitchurch (Cardiff). A fluent Welsh speaker, his final post before his ordination to the episcopate was as Archdeacon of Carmarthen (1999-2004). Crockett was the first divorced person in the United Kingdom to be appointed as a bishop in a mainstream church, amidst some controversy.