| Type: | Priest |
| Bob Cooper | |
| Archdeacon of Sunderland | |
| Church: | Church of England |
| Province: | York |
| Diocese: | Diocese of Durham |
| Term: | April 2018present |
| Predecessor: | Stuart Bain |
| Ordination: | 1993 (deacon) 1994 (priest) |
| Birth Name: | Robert Gerard Cooper |
| Birth Date: | 26 July 1968 |
| Birth Place: | Oldham, Lancashire, England |
| Nationality: | British |
| Religion: | Anglicanism |
| Children: | 4 |
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| Alma Mater: | UCW Aberystwyth, Lincoln Theological College, University of Nottingham |
| Honorific-Prefix: | The Venerable |
Robert Gerard "Bob" Cooper (born 26 July 1968) is the Archdeacon of Sunderland, honorary canon of Durham Cathedral and canon of Musoma Cathedral in Mara, Tanzania.[1] [2] [3]
He was formerly Area Dean of Pontefract and Vicar of St Giles' Church, Pontefract.[4]
He held parish ministry positions in the former Dioceses of Ripon and Leeds and Wakefield (now the Diocese of Leeds) and was a school chaplain in Leeds before spending a year as a chaplain in a school in Essex. He has been visiting Mara, Tanzania since 2000.
He was elected to General Synod of the Church of England by the Diocese of Leeds.[5] [6] [7] [8]