Christopher Luxmoore

The Rt Rev Christopher Charles Luxmoore was the eighth Bishop of Bermuda.^[1] Born on 9 April 1926 and educated at Sedbergh School and Trinity College, Cambridge, he was ordained in 1953. His first post was as a curate at St John the Baptist, Newcastle upon Tyne after which he was Priest in Charge of St Bede’s, Newsham, County Durham. He was then Rector of Sangre Grande, Trinidad and after that Vicar of Headingley, Leeds. He was Precentor and Canon Residentiary of Chichester Cathedral from 1981^[2] until his election to the See of Bermuda in 1984, and was the first ever Bishop to be consecrated there.^[3] On his return to England in 1989 he became Archdeacon of Lewes and Hastings,^[4] a post he held until retirement in 1991.

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Preceded by Anselm Genders	Bishop of Bermuda 1984 –1989	Succeeded by William John Denbigh Down

Notes

1. ^ Mid Ocean News
2. ^ “Crockford's clerical directory, 1995” (Lambeth,Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
3. ^ The Times, Monday, Nov 26, 1984; pg. 16; Issue 61996; col B Court Circular
4. ^ ”Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)

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Name	Luxmoore, Christopher Charles
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