Bill Hockin should not be confused with Bill Hocking.
William (Bill) Hockin | |
Alma Mater: | College of Emmanuel & St Chad Waterloo Lutheran University |
Bishop Of: | Fredericton, Retired |
Consecration: | 2000 |
Diocese: | Fredericton |
Ended: | 2003 |
Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Reverend |
Ordination: | 1962 - deacon 1963 - priest |
Other Post: | Dean of Fredericton Rector of St Paul's Bloor Street |
Profession: | Bishop, Lecturer, Author, Speaker |
Spouse: | Isabelle Hockin |
William Joseph Hockin (born 30 September 1938) is an Anglican priest and author.[1]
Educated at Wilfrid Laurier University[2] and ordained in 1963,[3] he was a curate at All Saints, Windsor until 1966. He then served the parishes of All Saints, Waterloo, St John Tillsonburg and St George London. He was Archdeacon of Middlesex from 1984 to 1986 and then Rector of St Paul's Toronto for a decade. He was Dean of Fredericton from 1996 to 1998 when he was elected Coadjutor Bishop of Fredericton. He became the seventh Diocesan Bishop of Fredericton[4] in 2000, serving for three years.