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Michael Hooper (bishop)

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In office
  
2002–2009

Children
  
2 sons; 2 daughters

Predecessor
  
John Saxbee

Diocese
  
Diocese of Hereford

Denomination
  
Anglican

Successor
  
Alistair Magowan

Consecration
  
2002

Other posts
  
Assistant bishop in Worcester (2010–present) ex officio also Archdeacon of Ludlow (2002–2009) Archdeacon of Hereford (1997–2002)

Ordination
  
1965 (deacon); 1966 (priest)

Born
  
2 May 1941 (age 75) (
1941-05-02
)

Spouse
  
Rosemary Edwards (m. 1968)

Alma mater
  
University of Wales, Lampeter

Michael Wrenford Hooper (born 2 May 1941) is a retired Anglican bishop in the Church of England. He was the suffragan Bishop of Ludlow from 2002 to 2009.

Hooper was educated at the Crypt School in Gloucester and the University of Wales, Lampeter. He was ordained in 1966 and became a curate at St Mary Magdalene's Bridgnorth and was then, successively, priest in charge at Habberley; Rural Dean of Pontesbury, and then Leominster; and finally, before his ordination to the episcopate, the Archdeacon of Hereford. He is married with four children.

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Michael Hooper (bishop) Wikipedia