Roderic Norman Coote

Roderic Norman Coote (1915 - 2000) [ [http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp78356&rNo=0&role=sit NPG details] ] was an Anglican Bishop who held three different posts in an ecclesiastical career spanning half a century [ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877 ] . Educated at Trinity College, Dublin and ordained in 1939, he began his career with a Curacy at "St Bartholomew's, Dublin" [ [http://www.stbartholomews.ie/ Parish web site] ] . After a decade as a missionary priest in The Gambia he became Bishop of the Diocese [ "New Bishop Of Gambia (Official Appointments and Notices)" The Times Thursday, Mar 08, 1951; pg. 6; Issue 51944; col B] in 1951. Translated to Fulham in 1957 [ "Bishop Of Fulham Dr. R. N. Coote Appointed (Official Appointments and Notices)" The Times Wednesday, Oct 31, 1956; pg. 5; Issue 53676; col D] , his final appointment was a sideways move to Bishop of Colchester [ Crockford's clerical directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108153674] nine years later. An accomplished musician [ [http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1348892/The-Rt-Rev-Roderic-Coote.html Telegraph obituary] ] , he died just six months short of his 50th Episcopal anniversary.

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