Hugh Montefiore
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Hugh William Montefiore (12 May 1920 - 13 May 2005) was Bishop of Birmingham from 1977 to 1987.
He was a member of a famous Jewish family. His father was Charles Sebag-Montefiore (great-great nephew of Sir Moses Montefiore). He was educated at Rugby School (where he underwent a sudden conversion to Christianity), St.John the Baptist College, Oxford and Westcott House Theological College. In 1945 he married Elisabeth Paton.
He was Vicar of St.Mary the Great with St.Michael and All Angels, Cambridge from 1963 to 1970 and Bishop of Kingston upon Thames from 1970 to 1978.
Montefiore is the author of more than twenty books, including Credible Christianity, The Probability of God, On Being a Jewish Christian, (1998) and The Paranormal: A Bishop Investigates (2002).
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- The Birmingham Post Year Book and Who's Who 1979-80, Birmingham Post & Mail Ltd, July 1979
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| Preceded by Laurence Ambrose Brown |
Bishop of Birmingham 1977-1987 |
Succeeded by Mark Santer |
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