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David Hawkins (bishop)
David John Leader Hawkins (born 3 March 1949) was the third area Bishop of Barking (8th Bishop of Barking) in the Church of England from 2002 to 2014. Hawkins was educated at the University of Nottingham. After further study at St John's College, Nottingham he was ordained in 1974. He has a Bachelor of Theology (BTh). His ordained ministry as a curate at St Andrew's Bebington, after which he was spent six years in Nigeria. He was then vicar of St George's Leeds 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. He was installed at Chelmsford Cathedral in January 2003Chelmsford Diocese — Are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Right Reverend
The Right Reverend (abbreviated The Rt Revd, The Rt Rev'd, The Rt Rev.) is a style (manner of address), style applied to certain religion, religious figures. Overview *In the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholicism in the United Kingdom, Catholic Church in Great Britain, it applies to bishops, except that ''The Most Reverend'' is used for archbishops (elsewhere, all Roman Catholic Church, Catholic bishops are styled as ''The Most Reverend''). *In some churches with a Presbyterian heritage, it applies to the current Moderator of the General Assembly, such as **the current Moderator of the United Church of Canada (if the moderator is an ordained minister; laypeople may be elected moderator, but are not styled Right Reverend) **the current Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland **the current Moderator of the General Assembly of the Church of Scotland **the current Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of East Africa **the current Moderator of Presbyterian Church of G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |