Rupert William Noel Hoare (born 3 March 1940) is a former

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and Anglican

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bishop of Dudley. Hoare was born in Sussex and attended the

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in Oxford before attending

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. Upon completing his secondary education, he went to

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where he studied theology. He graduated in 1961 with a

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and spend the following year in

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on a scholarship from Coventry Cathedral. In 1963, he returned to Cambridge, this time attending Westcott House Theological College. In 1964, he achieved another First Class Honours in Part III of the Cambridge Tripos and completed his

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thesis on the relationship between theology and psychiatry in 1973. He became a

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in 1964, and became a

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at St Mary's Oldham in the Diocese of Manchester in 1965. In 1968, he took up a post at Queen's College, Birmingham where he lectured for five years. He also became an Honorary Canon Theologian at Coventry Cathedral, holding this post for six years. In 1972, he returned to Manchester as

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of the Parish of the Resurrection. In 1978, he returned to Birmingham as a canon residentiary of

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, before being appointed principal of Westcott House in 1981. He was area Bishop of Dudley in the Diocese of Worcester between 1993 and 2000 before moving to become the

in 1999. He retired in 2007.

Styles

* Rupert Hoare (1940–1965) * The Revd Rupert Hoare (1965–1968) * The Revd Canon Rupert Hoare (1968–1973) * The Revd Canon Dr Rupert Hoare (1973–1993) * The Rt Revd Dr Rupert Hoare (1993–present) Although Hoare became dean of Liverpool, which would usually carry with it the style of ''the Very Revd'', he was already a bishop and thus kept the style title of ''the Rt Revd''. Therefore, he was known as the Rt Revd Rupert Hoare, Dean of Liverpool; not the Very Revd Rupert Hoare.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoare, Rupert William Noel 1940 births People educated at The Dragon School People educated at Rugby School Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford 20th-century Church of England bishops Bishops of Dudley Deans of Liverpool Living people Staff of Westcott House, Cambridge