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(Redirected from Michael Wrenford Hooper) British Anglican bishop (born 1941)

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Michael Hooper
Bishop of Ludlow
DioceseDiocese of Hereford
In office2002–2009
PredecessorJohn Saxbee
SuccessorAlistair Magowan
Other post(s)Assistant bishop in Worcester (2010–present)
ex officio also Archdeacon of Ludlow (2002–2009)
Archdeacon of Hereford (1997–2002)
Orders
Ordination1965 (deacon); 1966 (priest)
Consecration2002
Personal details
Born (1941-05-02) 2 May 1941 (age 83)
DenominationAnglican
SpouseRosemary Edwards (m. 1968)
Children2 sons; 2 daughters
Alma materSt 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.

Hooper was educated at the Crypt School in Gloucester and the University of Wales, Lampeter. He was ordained in 1966 and became a curate at St Mary Magdalene's Bridgnorth and was then, successively, priest in charge at Habberley; Rural Dean of Pontesbury, and then Leominster; and finally, before his ordination to the episcopate, the Archdeacon of Hereford.

He is married with four children.

References

  1. Worcester Diocesan News – April 2010
  2. Anglican Communion
  3. A church near you
  4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009, Church House Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
  5. Debrett's People of Today, London, Debrett's, 2008, ISBN 978-1-870520-95-9
  6. "Hooper, Rt Rev. Michael Wrenford", Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 5 July 2012.
Church of England titles
Preceded byJohn Saxbee Bishop of Ludlow
2002–2009
Succeeded byAlistair Magowan
Archdeacons of Hereford
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Bishops of Ludlow


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