Michael Hooper | |
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Bishop of Ludlow | |
Diocese | Diocese of Hereford |
In office | 2002–2009 |
Predecessor | John Saxbee |
Successor | Alistair Magowan |
Other post(s) | Assistant bishop in Worcester (2010–present) [1] ex officio also Archdeacon of Ludlow (2002–2009) Archdeacon of Hereford (1997–2002) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1965 (deacon); 1966 (priest) |
Consecration | 2002 |
Personal details | |
Born | 2 May 1941 |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse | Rosemary Edwards (m. 1968) |
Children | 2 sons; 2 daughters |
Alma mater | St David's College, Lampeter |
Michael Wrenford Hooper (born 2 May 1941) is a retired Anglican bishop in the Church of England who also served as the suffragan Bishop of Ludlow from 2002 to 2009. [2]
Hooper was educated at the Crypt School in Gloucester and the University of Wales, Lampeter. He was ordained in 1966, serving in Shropshire as a curate at St Mary Magdalene's Bridgnorth 1965-1970, then, successively, as vicar of Minsterley 1970-1981 and, during same period, priest in charge at Habberley 1970-1978 and Rural Dean of Pontesbury 1975-1980. [3]
In 1981 he moved into Herefordshire where he served successively in Leominster as parish vicar to 1985, and then team vicar, when a team ministry was formed to serve the vicinity, from 1985 to 1997 and, simultaneously Rural Dean of Leominster from 1981 to 1997, and priest-in-charge of Eyton (1981-1985) and of Eye, Croft with Yarpole and Lucton (1991-1997); [3] and finally, before his ordination to the episcopate, the Archdeacon of Hereford from 1997 to 2002. [4]
He married in 1968 Rosemary Anne Edwards and the couple have two sons and two daughters. [5]