George Hacker (bishop)
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George Lanyon Hacker (27 April 1928 – 30 April 2025) was an English Anglican clergyman who was the sixth Suffragan Bishop of Penrith in the modern era.


Biography

Hacker was educated at Kelly College, Tavistock and
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. He was
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after a period of study at
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in 1955. He began his career with a
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at
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before spells as Chaplain at
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,
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at the ''Church of the Good Shepherd'',
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and Rector of
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. In 1979 he ascended to the
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, a post he held for 15 years. In retirement, settling at Milburn, Cumbria, he continued to serve the church as an
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within his old diocese. Hacker died on 30 April 2025, at the age of 97.


References

1928 births 2025 deaths People educated at Kelly College Alumni of Exeter College, Oxford Alumni of Ripon College Cuddesdon Bishops of Penrith 20th-century Church of England bishops {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub