Hugh Blackburne

Not to be confused with Hugh Blackburn.

Hugh Charles Blackburne was the Bishop of Thetford from 1977 until 1981.^[1]

Blackburne was born into an ecclesiastical family^[2] on 4 June 1912 and educated at Marlborough^[3] and Clare College, Cambridge before neginning his ordained ministry as a curate in Almondbury.^[4] He was then a chaplain in the Forces and then held incumbencies at Milton, Hampshire, Harrow, the Hilsborough parishes^[5] and Ranworth before being ordained to the episcopate. He died in 1995.

References

^ Independent obituary
^ His father was a former Dean of Bristol > The Times, 4 January 1944, p7.C
^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007, ISBN 9780199540877
^ “Crockford's clerical directory, 1975-76” (Lambeth, Church House, ISBN 0108153674)
^ Details within The National Archives

Church of England titles
Preceded by Eric William Bradley Cordingly	Bishop of Thetford 1977 –1981	Succeeded by Timothy Dudley-Smith

Bishops of Thetford (modern)

John Salisbury • Arthur Lloyd • John Bowers • John Woodhouse • Martin Leonard • Eric Cordingly • Hugh Blackburne • Timothy Dudley-Smith • Hugo de Waal • David Atkinson • Alan Winton

Office holders in the Diocese of Norwich

The Bishop of Norwich • The Bishop of Lynn • The Bishop of Thetford • The Dean of Norwich • The Archdeacon of Norwich The Archdeacon of Norfolk The Archdeacon of Lynn