David Hawkins (bishop)

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David Hawkins
area Bishop of Barking
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Bishop Hawkins in 2010
Church Church of England
Diocese Diocese of Chelmsford
In office2002–2014
Predecessor Roger Sainsbury
Successor Peter Hill
Orders
Ordination1974
Consecration17 October 2002 [1]
Personal details
Born (1949-03-03) 3 March 1949 (age 75)
Nationality British
Denomination Anglican
SpouseCarole (wife) [2]
Children3 daughters [2]
Alma mater University of Nottingham

David John Leader Hawkins (born 3 March 1949) is a British retired Anglican bishop. He was the third area Bishop of Barking (8th Bishop of Barking) in the Church of England from 2002 to 2014. [2] [3]

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Early life and education

Hawkins was educated at the University of Nottingham. [4] After further study at St John's College, Nottingham he was ordained in 1974. [5] He has a Bachelor of Theology (BTh). [2]

Ordained ministry

His ordained ministry as a curate at St Andrew's Bebington, [6] after which he was spent six years in Nigeria. He was then vicar of St George's Leeds [7] for 16 years until his ordination to the episcopate. On 17 October 2002, at Southwark Cathedral, he was one (with Richard Cheetham and David Hamid) of the last three people to be ordained and consecrated a bishop by George Carey before his retirement as Archbishop of Canterbury. [8] [9] He was installed at Chelmsford Cathedral in January 2003 [1] and retired on 30 March 2014.

Personal life

Hawkins is married with three children. He is a keen mountain walker. [10]

Styles

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References

  1. 1 2 Chelmsford Diocese — Area Bishops Archived February 9, 2010, at the Wayback Machine
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Official notification of appointment". Archived from the original on 2 April 2012. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
  3. Anglican Communion
  4. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black ISBN   978-0-7136-8555-8
  5. Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009, Lambeth, Church House Publishing, ISBN   978-0-7151-1030-0
  6. "Church web site (1)". Archived from the original on 22 December 2008. Retrieved 9 December 2008.
  7. St George's Leeds website
  8. "Home to Dagenham at the end" . Church Times . No. 7285. 11 October 2002. p. 3. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 22 July 2017 via UK Press Online archives.
  9. "Consecration & Commissioning of the The[sic] Venerable Richard Cheetham as 11th Bishop of Kingston". Southwark.anglican.org. 15 October 2002. Archived from the original on 11 March 2012. Retrieved 22 July 2017.
  10. Debrett's People of Today London,2008 Debrett's, ISBN   978-1-870520-95-9
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