Michael Hooper (bishop)
Michael Hooper | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Ludlow | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Hereford |
| In office | 2002–2009 |
| Predecessor | John Saxbee |
| Successor | Alistair Magowan |
| Other posts | Assistant bishop in Worcester (2010–present)[1] ex officio also Archdeacon of Ludlow (2002–2009) Archdeacon of Hereford (1997–2002) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1965 (deacon); 1966 (priest) |
| Consecration | 2002 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 May 1941 |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Rosemary Edwards (m. 1968) |
| Children | 2 sons; 2 daughters |
| Alma mater | St David's College, Lampeter |
Michael Wrenford Hooper (born 2 May 1941) is a retired Anglican bishop in the Church of England who also served as the suffragan Bishop of Ludlow from 2002 to 2009.[2]
Hooper was educated at the Crypt School in Gloucester and the University of Wales, Lampeter. He was ordained in 1966, serving in Shropshire as a curate at St Mary Magdalene's Bridgnorth 1965-1970, then, successively, as vicar of Minsterley 1970-1981 and, during same period, priest in charge at Habberley 1970-1978 and Rural Dean of Pontesbury 1975-1980.[3]
In 1981 he moved into Herefordshire where he served successively in Leominster as parish vicar to 1985, and then team vicar, when a team ministry was formed to serve the vicinity, from 1985 to 1997 and, simultaneously Rural Dean of Leominster from 1981 to 1997, and priest-in-charge of Eyton (1981-1985) and of Eye, Croft with Yarpole and Lucton (1991-1997);[3] and finally, before his ordination to the episcopate, the Archdeacon of Hereford from 1997 to 2002.[4]
He married in 1968 Rosemary Anne Edwards and the couple have two sons and two daughters.[5]
References
- ^ Worcester Diocesan News – April 2010
- ^ Anglican Communion
- ^ a b Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009, Church House Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
- ^ Debrett's People of Today, London, Debrett's, 2008, ISBN 978-1-870520-95-9
- ^ "Hooper, Rt Rev. Michael Wrenford", Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [1], accessed 5 July 2012.