Robert Stopford

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The Rt Revd Robert Stopford KCVO CBE PC
Bishop of Bermuda

Diocese	Anglican Church of Bermuda
Elected	1976
Term ended	1976 (death)
Predecessor	Eric Trapp
Successor	Anselm Genders
Other posts	Bishop of Jerusalem (Vicar-General) 1974–1976 Bishop of London 1961–1973 Bishop of Peterborough 1956–1961 Bishop of Fulham 1955–1956
Orders
Consecration	c. 1974
Personal details
Born	(1901-02-20)20 February 1901 Garston, Liverpool
Died	13 August 1976(1976-08-13) (aged 75)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Alma mater	Hertford College, Oxford

Robert Wright Stopford KCVO, CBE, PC (20 February 1901 – 13 August 1976) was a British Anglican bishop.

Early life and ministry

Stopford was born in Garston, Liverpool and educated at Coatham School in Redcar and Liverpool College, where he was Head of House (Littler's). He continued his education at Hertford College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts degree. At Oxford he obtained first classes in classical honour moderations (1922) and modern history (1924). He was subsequently an Honorary Fellow of Hertford College, Oxford, and a Fellow of King's College London. He received a Doctor of Divinity degree from the University of London and a Doctor of Civil Law degree from the University of Durham.

Legacy

Bishop Stopford's School in Enfield and Bishop Stopford School in Kettering are named after him. He was appointed KCVO in 1973, shortly before he retired as Bishop of London

Positions held

1935-1941 Principal of Trinity College (Kandy), Ceylon
1941-1945 Principal of Achimota College, Ghana
1952-1955 Honorary Chaplain to the Queen
1955-1956 Bishop of Fulham
1956-1961 Bishop of Peterborough
1961-1973 Bishop of London
1974-76 Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem
1961-1976 Privy Counsellor
1975 Chairman of the D'Oyly Carte Opera Trust

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Church of England titles
Preceded by George Ingle	Bishop of Fulham 1955–1956	Succeeded by Roderic Coote
Preceded by Spencer Leeson	Bishop of Peterborough 1956–1961	Succeeded by Cyril Easthaugh
Preceded by Henry Campbell	Bishop of London 1961–1973	Succeeded by Gerald Ellison
Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by George Appleton	Anglican Bishop in Jerusalem & Vicar-General 1974–1976	Succeeded by Samir Kafity
Preceded by Eric Trapp	Bishop of Bermuda 1976	Succeeded by Anselm Genders

v t e Bishops of Fulham

Suffragans for Europe	Basil Batty William Selwyn George Ingle Robert Stopford Roderic Coote Alan Rogers John Satterthwaite

Flying bishops	Brian Masters John Klyberg John Broadhurst Jonathan Baker

v t e Bishops of Peterborough

Early modern	John Chambers David Pole Edmund Scambler Richard Howland Thomas Dove William Piers Augustine Lindsell Francis Dee John Towers Benjamin Lany Joseph Henshaw William Lloyd Thomas White Richard Cumberland White Kennett Robert Clavering John Thomas Richard Terrick Robert Lamb John Hinchliffe

Late modern	Spencer Madan John Parsons Herbert Marsh George Davys Francis Jeune William Magee Mandell Creighton Edward Glyn Frank Woods Cyril Bardsley Claude Blagden Spencer Leeson Robert Stopford Cyril Easthaugh Douglas Feaver Bill Westwood Ian Cundy Donald Allister

v t e Bishops of London

Post-Augustine	Mellitus Cedd Wine Earconwald Waldhere Ingwald Ecgwulf Wigheah Eadberht Eadgar Coenwalh Eadbald Heathoberht Osmund Æthelnoth Ceolberht Deorwulf Swithwulf Heahstan Wulfsige Æthelweard Leofstan Theodred Brihthelm Dunstan Ælfstan Wulfstan Ælfhun Ælfwig Ælfweard Robert of Jumièges Spearhafoc

Post-Conquest	William the Norman Hugh d'Orevalle Maurice Richard de Beaumis (uncle) Gilbert Universalis Robert de Sigello Richard de Beaumis (nephew) Gilbert Foliot Richard FitzNeal William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise Eustace of Fauconberg Roger Niger Fulk Basset Henry Wingham Richard Talbot Henry of Sandwich John Chishull Fulke Lovell Richard Gravesend Ralph Baldock Gilbert Segrave Richard Newport Stephen Gravesend Richard de Wentworth Ralph Stratford Michael Northburgh Simon Sudbury William Courtenay Robert Braybrooke Roger Walden Nicholas Bubwith Richard Clifford John Kemp William Grey Robert FitzHugh Robert Gilbert Thomas Kempe Richard Hill Thomas Savage William Warham William Barons Richard FitzJames

Post-Reformation	Cuthbert Tunstall John Stokesley Edmund Bonner Nicholas Ridley Edmund Bonner Edmund Grindal Edwin Sandys John Aylmer Richard Fletcher Richard Bancroft Richard Vaughan Thomas Ravis George Abbot John King George Montaigne William Laud William Juxon Gilbert Sheldon Humphrey Henchman Henry Compton John Robinson Edmund Gibson Thomas Sherlock Thomas Hayter Richard Osbaldeston Richard Terrick Robert Lowth Beilby Porteus John Randolph William Howley Charles Blomfield Archibald Tait John Jackson Frederick Temple Mandell Creighton Arthur Winnington-Ingram Geoffrey Fisher William Wand Henry Campbell Robert Stopford Gerald Ellison Graham Leonard David Hope Richard Chartres

v t e Anglican Bishops in Jerusalem

Michael Alexander Samuel Gobat Joseph Barclay George Blyth Rennie MacInnes Francis Graham Brown Weston Stewart Campbell MacInnes George Appleton Robert Stopford Samir Kafity Riah Abu El-Assal Suheil Dawani

v t e Bishops of Bermuda

Arthur Browne John Jagoe Anthony Williams John Armstrong Eric Trapp Robert Stopford Anselm Genders Christopher Luxmoore Bill Down Ewen Ratteray Patrick White Nicholas Dill

Persondata
Name	Stopford, Robert Wright
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Fulham; Bishop of Peterborough; Bishop of London; Bishop of Jerusalem; Bishop of Bermuda
Date of birth	20 February 1901
Place of birth	Garston, Liverpool
Date of death	13 August 1976
Place of death

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Robert Stopford

Early life and ministry

Legacy

Positions held

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