In office 1992–2000 (retired) Consecration 1992 Name Hugo Waal | Parents Bernard & Albertine | |
Other posts Ordination 1960 (deacon); 1961 (priest) Spouse Brigit Massingberd–Mundy (m. 1960) Died January 6, 2007, Bury St Edmunds, United Kingdom | ||
Hugo Ferdinand de Waal (16 March 1935 – 6 January 2007) was Principal of Ridley Hall, Cambridge from 1978 to 1991 and the suffragan Bishop of Thetford from 1992 until 2000.
He was born at Jember on East Java and educated at Tonbridge School and Pembroke College, Cambridge before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at St Martin in the Bull Ring after which he was Chaplain at his old college then Rector of Dry Drayton. Following this he was Vicar of St John the Evangelist, Blackpool and then (his final appointment before elevation to the Episcopate) Principal of Ridley Hall theological college in Cambridge (1978–91).
In retirement he continued to serve the Church as an honorary assistant bishop within the Diocese in Europe until his death.