Richard Hawkins (bishop)

The Right Reverend Richard Hawkins
Bishop of Crediton
Diocese	Diocese of Exeter
In office	1996–2004
Predecessor	Peter Coleman
Successor	Bob Evens
Other posts	Honorary assistant bishop in Exeter (2005–present) Bishop of Plymouth (1988–1996) Archdeacon of Totnes (1981–1988)
Orders
Ordination	c. 1963 (deacon); c. 1964 (priest)
Consecration	1988
Personal details
Born	(1939-04-02) 2 April 1939
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	John Hawkins, Elsie Briggs
Spouse	Valerie Herneman (m. 1966)
Children	2 sons (1 d.); 2 daughters (1 d.)
Alma mater	Exeter College, Oxford

Richard Stephen Hawkins (born 2 April 1939) is a bishop in the Church of England and currently a chapter canon of Exeter Cathedral.

Hawkins was educated at Exeter College, Oxford,^[1] and trained for ordination at St Stephen's House, Oxford. In his early ministry he was a team vicar in rural Devon and the city of Exeter. He was then Archdeacon of Totnes before being ordained to the episcopate as the suffragan Bishop of Plymouth in the Diocese of Exeter. He was later translated to Crediton in the same diocese.

Hawkins' father, John Hawkins, was the Archdeacon of Totnes.^[2]

References

↑ Who's Who 2008, London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
↑ "Hawkins, Rt Rev. Richard Stephen", Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 30 June 2012

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Lucas	Archdeacon of Totnes 1981–1988	Succeeded by Tony Tremlett
Preceded by Kenneth Newing	Bishop of Plymouth 1988–1996	Succeeded by John Garton
Preceded by Peter Coleman	Bishop of Crediton 1996–2004	Succeeded by Bob Evens

Archdeacons of Totnes

High Medieval	John de Bradelgehe Hugh de Avigo Ascelinus Baldwin of Forde Robert Bernard John Fitz-John Gilbert Basset Walter de Gray John de Bridport Thomas de Boues Richard Cowe Hugh Ysaac John de Kent Roger de Wynkleigh Thomas Pincerna John Geoffrey William de Pembroke Richard Blunt Thomas de Hertford Henry de Bolleghe Thomas de Bodham Roger le Rous

Late Medieval	Thomas de Charlton William de Puntyngdon Roger de Charlton John de Northwode v. John Piers Peter de Gildesburgh v. Richard de Swinnerton William Steele v. Richard de Drax Hugh de Bridham v. Richard Desbunton John Lydford William Hunden William Barton John Typhane Alan Kirketon John Burneby Thomas Manning Thomas Chippenham Owen Lord William Wagott Patrick Haliburton Edmund Chaderton Ralph Heathcott John Fulford Richard Sydnor George Carew

Early modern	William Collumpton William Fawell John Pollard Thomas Kent Robert Lougher Oliver Whiddon John Cole Lewis Swete William Parker Jasper Swift William Cotton Edward Cotton Francis Fullwood in commendam: The Bishop, Sir Jonathan Trelawney George Snell Francis Atterbury Nicholas Kendall George Baker Thomas Skynner Ralph Barnes Robert Froude

Late modern	John Downall Alfred Earle Charles Wilkinson Arthur Simms Newton Leeke John Cobham Edgar Hall John Hawkins Robert Newhouse John Lucas Richard Hawkins Tony Tremlett Richard Gilpin John Rawlings Clive Cohen (Acting) Douglas Dettmer

Anglican Bishops of Plymouth

Howard Masterman Whitfield Daukes Norman Clarke Guy Sanderson Richard Cartwright Kenneth Newing Richard Hawkins John Garton John Ford Nick McKinnel

Bishops of Crediton

Medieval diocesans	Eadwulf Æthelgar Ælfwold I Sideman Ælfric Ælfwold II Ælfwold III Eadnoth Lyfing of Winchester Leofric see removed to Exeter

Modern suffragans	Robert Trefusis William Surtees Wilfrid Westall Philip Pasterfield Peter Coleman Richard Hawkins Bob Evens Nick McKinnel Sarah Mullally

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