Alexander Ogilvy Hardy DD (called Alec; 189114 September 1970) was an

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in India from 1937 to 1948. He was educated at

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and ordained in 1917. His first post was a

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. After this he was a SPG

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then

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for 20 years before his appointment to the

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as the Bishop of Nagpur. Finally he was

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, an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Bradford and an

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1890 births 1970 deaths Alumni of Trinity College Dublin 20th-century Anglican bishops in India Anglican bishops of Nagpur {{Anglican-bishop-stub