John Hare (bishop)

 John Tyrrell Holmes Hare was Bishop of Bedford from 1968 to 1977.

Born on 24 November 1912, he was educated at Brighton College [1] and Corpus Christi College, Oxford. After a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon he was ordained in 1937 and began his career with a curacy at St Francis of Assisi, West Bromwich [2] followed by a period as Vicar of St Matthias, Colindale. In 1951 he began a long association with the Bedford area, being successively Rural Dean, Archdeacon of Bedford and then Suffragan Bishop. He died in post on 25 October 1976[3].

Notes

  1. ^ Who's Who1970 London, A & C Black, 1971 ISBN 0713611405
  2. ^ Parish details
  3. ^ Crockford's clerical directory Lambeth, Church House, ISBN 018153675
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Albert John Trillo
Bishop of Bedford
1968 – 1976
Succeeded by
Andrew Alexander Kenny Graham