Background
Greer was from the Irish Greer family from Rhone Hill, the son of Richard Ussher Greer, Rector of Seapatrick and grandson of the Reverend William Henry Greer of Rhone Hill.
vicar Bishop of Manchester curate
Greer was from the Irish Greer family from Rhone Hill, the son of Richard Ussher Greer, Rector of Seapatrick and grandson of the Reverend William Henry Greer of Rhone Hill.
Trinity College.
He was born on 28 February 1902 and was educated at Saint Columba"s College, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin. After a spell as Assistant Principal, Ministry of Home Affairs, Northern Ireland he was ordained in 1929. Curate then Vicar of Street Luke"s Church, Newcastle upon Tyne, he was then successively Secretary of the Supply Chain Management, Principal of Westcott House Cambridge and Bishop of Manchester.
He died on 30 October 1972.
Trinity Civil Engineer High School, a state comprehensive High school and technology college in Manchester, was formed in 1984 by a merger of Bishop Greer and Fallowfield schools.