Albert Peter Hall (2 September 1930 – 27 December 2013) was the

Bishop of Woolwich The Bishop of Woolwich is an episcopal title used by an area bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Southwark, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Woolwich, a suburb of the Royal Borough of Greenwich. Two o ...

from 1984 until 1996 and the first

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under the 1991

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. Hall was educated at

Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School (QEGS) is a co-educational free school in Blackburn, Lancashire, England. Founded in 1509 as a boys' school, it is now a co-educational independent free school with over 1200 students from ages 4 to 18. Pupils ...

and

St John's College, Cambridge St John's College is a Colleges of the University of Cambridge, constituent college of the University of Cambridge founded by the House of Tudor, Tudor matriarch Lady Margaret Beaufort. In constitutional terms, the college is a charitable corpo ...

. Ordained in 1956 he began his ministry as a

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at St Martin's, Birmingham after which he was the

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and then

St Martin in the Bull Ring St Martin in the Bull Ring is a Church of England parish church in the city of Birmingham, West Midlands, England. It is the original parish church of Birmingham and stands between the Bull Ring Shopping Centre and the markets. The church is ...

, Birmingham before his ordination to the

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. A keen mountain walker, he was married with two sons

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and in retirement continued to serve the church as an

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in the Diocese of Birmingham.

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1930 births 2013 deaths Alumni of St John's College, Cambridge Bishops of Woolwich 20th-century Church of England bishops People educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub