Richard Hare (bishop)

Thomas Richard Hare (29 August 1922^[1] – 18 July 2010^[2]) was the Suffragan Bishop of Pontefract from 1971 until 1992.^[3]

Life

He was born on 29 August 1922 and educated at Marlborough College and Trinity College, Oxford.^[4] After World War II service with the RAF he was ordained in 1950 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy at Haltwhistle.^[5] Following this he was Chaplain to the Bishop of Manchester and then a Canon Residentiary at Carlisle Cathedral. Appointed Archdeacon of Westmorland and Furness in 1965,^[6] he ascended to the Episcopate seven years later and retired in 1992.

References

1. ”Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
2. Obituary
3. Bishops of the Wakefield diocese
4. The Daily Telegraph Issue 48,299 dated Tuesday 14 September 2010 Obituaries, p29
5. “Crockford's clerical directory, 1995” (Lambeth,Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
6. ”Debrett's People of Today 1992” (London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)