Ross Sydney Hook
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Ross Sydney Hook (1917 - 1996) was an Anglican Bishop during the second half of the 20th Century. Educated at Christ’s Hospital [1] and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1942. After wartime service in the RNVR he was appointed Chaplain of Ridley Hall, Cambridge. From here he rose rapidly in the Church hierarchy being successively Vicar of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Rural Dean of Chelsea and a Canon Residentiary at Rochester Cathedral before he ascending to the Episcopate [2] as Bishop of Grantham in 1965. He was translated to Bradford seven years later[3].
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| Preceded by Anthony Otter |
Bishop of Grantham 1965– 1972 |
Succeeded by Dennis Gascoyne Hawker |
| Preceded by Clement Parker |
Bishop of Bradford 1972 – 1980 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey Paul |
[edit] Notes
- ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 9780199540877
- ^ The Times, Thursday, Dec 9, 1965; pg. 3; Issue 56512; col E New Bishop of Grantham consecrated
- ^ The Times, Wednesday, Jun 28, 1972; pg. 16; Issue 58516; col A New Bishop of Bradford
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