Richard Stephen Hawkins (born 2 April 1939) is a

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in the

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and currently a chapter canon of

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. Hawkins was educated at

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, and trained for ordination at

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. In his early ministry he was a

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in rural

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and the city of

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. He was then

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before being ordained to the

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as the suffragan Bishop of Plymouth in the

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. He was later

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in the same diocese. Hawkins' father,

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, was the Archdeacon of Totnes."Hawkins, Rt Rev. Richard Stephen", ''Who's Who 2012'', A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 201

accessed 30 June 2012

References

1939 births Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Bishops of Crediton Anglican bishops of Plymouth Archdeacons of Totnes Living people 20th-century Church of England bishops {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub