Hugo de Waal

The Rt Rev Hugo Ferdinand de Waal was Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge from 1978 to 1991 and the suffragan Bishop of Thetford from 1992 until 2000^[1].

He was born on 16 March 1935 at Jember on Java and educated at Tonbridge School and Pembroke College, Cambridge ^[2] before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Martin in the Bull Ring^[3] after which he was Chaplain at his old college then Rector of Dry Drayton. Following this he was Vicar of St John the Evangelist, Blackpool^[4] and then (his final appointment before elevation to the Episcopate) Principal of Ridley Hall theological college in Cambridge (1978–91).

In retirement he continued to serve the Church as an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Europe until his death on 6 January 2007^[5].

Notes

1. ^ ”Debrett's People of Today 1992” (London, Debrett's) ISBN 1870520092)
2. ^ ”Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0713635142)
3. ^ St Martin in the Bull Ring Church web site
4. ^ “Crockford's clerical directory, 1995” (Lambeth,Church House ISBN 0715180886)
5. ^ "The Right Rev Hugo de Waal". The Independent (London). 8 January 2007. http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/the-right-rev-hugo-de-waal-431254.html.