Hubert Higgs Explained

Hubert Laurence Higgs (23 November 1911 – 4 January 1992) was the seventh Anglican Bishop of Hull in the modern era (from 1965 until 1977).

Life

Higgs was educated at University College School and Christ's College, Cambridge.^[1] His first post after ordination was as a curate at Holy Trinity, Richmond.^[2] He was then Vicar of Holy Trinity, Aldershot,^[3] Rural Dean of Woking and finally Archdeacon of Bradford before elevation to the episcopate as a suffragan to the Archbishop of York.^[4]

Notes and References

1. [Who's Who|''Who Was Who 1897–2007'']
2. Web site: Holy Trinity Richmond : Holy Trinity Richmond. www.htrichmond.org.uk. 20 August 2023.
3. Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976
4. "New Bishop Of Hull". The Times. Tuesday, 23 March 1965; p. 14; Issue 56277; col E