- Rupert Hoare
Rupert Hoare (born 3 March 1940 [ [http://www.thepeerage.com/p21377.htm thePeerage.com] ] ) is a former
Dean of Liverpool and AnglicanBishop of Dudley [Who's Who 2008: London,A & C Black ISBN 9780713672576] .He was born in Sussex and attended the
Dragon School in Oxford before attendingRugby School . Upon completing his secondary education, he went toTrinity College, Cambridge where he read Theology.He graduated in 1961 with a
First Class Honours and spend the following year in Berlin on a scholarship fromCoventry 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 hisPhD thesis on the relationship between theology and psychiatry in 1973.He became a
Deacon in 1964, and became acurate at St Mary Oldham in the Diocese of Manchester in 1965 [Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 9780715110300] . In 1968, he took up a post atQueen's College, Birmingham where he lectured for 5 years. He also became an Honorary Canon Theologian atCoventry Cathedral , holding this post for 6 years. In 1972, he returned to Manchester asRector of the Parish of the Resurrection.In 1978, he returned to Birmingham as
Canon Residentiary of Birmingham Cathedral, 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 fifthDean of Liverpool in 1999. He retired as Dean of Liverpool in 2007. [LondonGazette|issue=58526|startpage=17347|date=29 November 2007|accessdate=2008-09-15]Styles
* Mr 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-)Although Dr Hoare became Dean of Liverpool, which would usually carry with it the title of Very Revd., he was already a Bishop and thus held the higher title of Rt. Revd. Therefore, he was known as the Rt. Revd. Dr Rupert Hoare, Dean of Liverpool; not the Very Revd. Dr Rupert Hoare.
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