Honorific-Prefix: | The Rt Revd |
Michael Hooper | |
Bishop of Ludlow | |
Diocese: | Diocese of Hereford |
Term: | 2002–2009 |
Predecessor: | John Saxbee |
Successor: | Alistair Magowan |
Other Post: | Assistant bishop in Worcester (2010–present)[1] ex officio also Archdeacon of Ludlow (2002–2009) Archdeacon of Hereford (1997–2002) |
Ordination: | 1965 (deacon); 1966 (priest) |
Consecration: | 2002 |
Birth Date: | 2 May 1941 |
Religion: | Anglican |
Spouse: | Rosemary Edwards (m. 1968) |
Children: | 2 sons; 2 daughters |
Alma Mater: | St David's College, Lampeter |
Michael Wrenford Hooper (born 2 May 1941) is a retired Anglican bishop in the Church of England who also served as the suffragan Bishop of Ludlow from 2002 to 2009.[2]
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[3] and was then, successively, priest in charge at Habberley; Rural Dean of Pontesbury,[4] and then Leominster;[5] and finally, before his ordination to the episcopate, the Archdeacon of Hereford.
He is married with four children.[6]