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Richard Hare (bishop)

Richard Hare (bishop)

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Thomas Richard Hare (29 August 1922[1] – 18 July 2010[2]) was the Suffragan Bishop of Pontefract from 1971 until 1992.[3]

Life

He was born on 29 August 1922 and educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Oxford.[4] After World War II service with the RAF he was ordained in 1950 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Haltwhistle.[5] Following this he was chaplain to the Bishop of Manchester and then a canon residentiary at Carlisle Cathedral. Appointed Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness in 1965,[6] he was appointed to the episcopate seven years later and retired in 1992.

References

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    "Who's Who 1992 "(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
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    Obituary
  3. [3]
    Bishops of the Wakefield diocese Archived 2007-07-06 at the Wayback Machine
  4. [4]
    The Daily Telegraph Issue 48,299 dated Tuesday 14 September 2010 Obituaries, p29
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    "Crockford's clerical directory, 1995" (Lambeth,Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
  6. [6]
    "Debrett's People of Today 1992" (London, Debrett's) (ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
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