Honorific-Prefix: | The Rt Revd |
Peter Hall | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MA(Cantab) |
Bishop of Woolwich | |
Diocese: | Diocese of Southwark |
Term: | 1984–1996 |
Predecessor: | Michael Marshall |
Successor: | Colin Buchanan |
Other Post: | Area bishop of Woolwich (1991–1996) Honorary assistant bishop in Birmingham (1997–present) |
Ordination: | 1955 (deacon); 1956 (priest) |
Consecration: | 1984 |
Birth Date: | 2 September 1930 |
Religion: | Anglican |
Parents: | William & Bertha |
Spouse: | Valerie Page (m. 1957) |
Children: | 2 sons |
Alma Mater: | St John's College, Cambridge |
Albert Peter Hall (2 September 1930 - 27 December 2013) was the Bishop of Woolwich from 1984 until 1996[1] and the first area bishop under the 1991 area scheme.[2] [3]
Hall was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, and St John's College, Cambridge.[4] Ordained in 1956 he began his ministry as a curate at St Martin's, Birmingham after which he was the Rector of Avondale, Harare and then St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham before his ordination to the episcopate. A keen mountain walker, he was married with two sons[5] and in retirement continued to serve the church as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Birmingham.