David John Leader Hawkins (born 3 March 1949) was the third area

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(8th Bishop of Barking) in the

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from 2002 to 2014. Hawkins was educated at the

University of Nottingham , mottoeng = A city is built on wisdom , established = 1798 – teacher training college1881 – University College Nottingham1948 – university status , type = Public , chancellor ...

. After further study at

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he was

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in 1974. He has a

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(BTh). His ordained ministry as a curate at St Andrew's

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, after which he was spent six years in

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. He was then

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of St George's

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for 16 years until his ordination to the

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. On 17 October 2002, at

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, he was one (with

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and David Hamid) of the last three people to be ordained and consecrated a bishop by

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before his retirement as Archbishop of Canterbury. He was installed at Chelmsford Cathedral in January 2003Chelmsford Diocese — Area Bishops
and retired on 30 March 2014. A keen mountain walker,Debrett's People of Today London,2008

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, he is married with three children.

Styles

*''

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'' David Hawkins (1974–1982) *''The Reverend''

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David Hawkins (1982–2002) *''The Right Reverend'' David Hawkins (2002—present)

References

1949 births Alumni of the University of Nottingham 21st-century Church of England bishops Living people Bishops of Barking {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub