Michael Wrenford Hooper (born 2 May 1941) is a retired Anglican

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in the

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. He was the suffragan

Bishop of Ludlow The Bishop of Ludlow was an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Hereford, which is within the Province of Canterbury, England. The See of Ludlow was erected under the Suffragans Nomination Act 1888 by ...

from 2002 to 2009. Hooper was educated at the Crypt School in Gloucester and the

University of Wales, Lampeter University of Wales, Lampeter ( cy, Prifysgol Cymru, Llanbedr Pont Steffan) was a university in Lampeter, Wales. Founded in 1822, and incorporated by royal charter in 1828, it was the oldest degree awarding institution in Wales, with limited ...

. He was

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in 1966 and became a curate at St Mary Magdalene's

Bridgnorth Bridgnorth is a town in Shropshire, England. The River Severn splits it into High Town and Low Town, the upper town on the right bank and the lower on the left bank of the River Severn. The population at the 2011 Census was 12,079. Histor ...

and was then, successively,

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at Habberley;

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Pontesbury Pontesbury is a village and civil parish in Shropshire and is approximately eight miles southwest of Shrewsbury. In the 2011 census, the village had a population of 1,873 and the parish had a population of 3,227. The village of Minsterley is ju ...

, and then

Leominster Leominster ( ) is a market town in Herefordshire, England, at the confluence of the River Lugg and its tributary the River Kenwater. The town is north of Hereford and south of Ludlow in Shropshire. With a population of 11,700, Leominster i ...

; and finally, before his ordination to the

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, the

Archdeacon of Hereford The Archdeacon of Hereford is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England Diocese of Hereford. The archdeacon is the senior priest with responsibility over the area of the archdeaconry of Hereford. History The first recorded archdeac ...

. He is married with four children."Hooper, Rt Rev. Michael Wrenford", ''Who's Who 2012'', A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 201

accessed 5 July 2012.

References

1941 births Alumni of the University of Wales, Lampeter 21st-century Church of England bishops Living people Archdeacons of Hereford Bishops of Ludlow {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub