Cecil Hook (1 December 1844 – 4 February 1938) was, from 1905 to 1915, the first
Bishop of Kingston
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in the
Church of England
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.
Hook was born on 1 December 1844 into a clerical family. He was educated at
Radley School
Radley College, formally St Peter's College, Radley, is a Public school (UK), public school (independent boarding school for boys) near Radley, Oxfordshire, England, which was founded in 1847. The school covers including playing fields, a golf ...
and
Christ Church, Oxford
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. He was ordained in 1868 was a
curate
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at St John's
Redland, Bristol. He was then appointed
Rector of All Saints' Chichester. He was appointed
Rural Dean
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of
Oswestry
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The town was the administrative headquarters of the Borough of ...
in 1891 and then
Leamington in 1896. He was appointed
suffragan
A suffragan bishop is a type of bishop in some Christian denominations.
In the Anglican Communion, a suffragan bishop is a bishop who is subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop (bishop ordinary) and so is not normally jurisdictiona ...
in 1904 to assist the
Bishop of Southwark.
['']The Times
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'', 7 February 1938, p16. "Dr. Cecil Hook: First Bishop Of Kingston-On-Thames"
References
1844 births
People educated at Radley College
Alumni of Christ Church, Oxford
Bishops of Kingston
20th-century Church of England bishops
1938 deaths
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