Robert Hardy (Bishop)

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Robert "Bob" Maynard Hardy , CBE (born October 5, 1936 ) is a British Anglican theologian . He was Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England from 1987 to 2002 .

Hardy was born to Harold and Monica Hardy. He attended Queen Elizabeth Grammar School in Wakefield , West Yorkshire . He studied at Clare College at the University of Cambridge .

In 1962 he was ordained a deacon ; In 1963 he was ordained a priest . He began his priestly career from 1962 to 1965 as vicar ( curate ) at All Saints and Martyrs' Church in Langley , Greater Manchester . He was then from 1965 to 1972 Chaplain ( Chaplain ) and Fellow at Selwyn College, University of Cambridge. He was then from 1972 to 1975 pastor ( Vicar ) at the All Saints Church in Borehamwood . He was then pastor ( priest-in-charge ) in Aspley Guise in the county of Bedfordshire and director ( director ) of the St Albans Diocese Ministerial Training Scheme. In 1980 he was ordained a bishop . From 1980 to 1987 he was as "Bishop of Maidstone" Suffragan Bishop in the Diocese of Canterbury in the Church of England. He was succeeded as Bishop of Maidstone in 1987 by David Smith . From 1985 to 2001 he was also "Bishop to HM Prisons". He was thus the chief prison chaplain in Great Britain and was responsible for the conduct of the prison chaplaincy in the prisons of the United Kingdom. In 2001 he handed this position over to Peter Selby . In 1987 he was, succeeding Simon Phipps , the Bishop of Lincoln in the Church of England. He retired in October 2001. He was succeeded as Bishop of Lincoln by John Saxbee . After his retirement, he worked since 2002 as Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Carlisle .

Hardy was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire on the annual Birthday Honors list on June 16, 2001 , "in recognition of his services to the Church of England and to Prisoners." ).

Hardy married his wife Isobel Burch in 1970. The marriage had three children, two sons and a daughter.

Membership in the House of Lords

Hardy served in his capacity as Bishop of Lincoln from late November 1992 to late October 2001 until his retirement as Bishop of Lincoln as Spiritual Lord of the House of Lords .

A total of 46 verbal contributions from Hardy from 1994 to 2001 are documented in Hansard . His first request to speak, documented in Hansard, came on January 12, 1994 in a debate about the representation of pornography and the effects of violence on television . On July 11, 2001, he spoke for the last time during his tenure in the House of Lords in the context of a debate on the penal system .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Who's Who 2008 . London. A&C Black. 2008. ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008 . London, Church House 2007. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
  3. ^ New Bishop of Maidstone in: The Times ; Sep. 4, 1980, page 2; Issue 60715, column D.
  4. ^ Debrett's People of Today . 1992. London. Debrett's. ISBN 1-870520-09-2 .
  5. ↑ ORDER OF THE BRITISH EMPIRE BBC News, June 15, 2001. Retrieved January 13, 2014
  6. ^ Order of the British Empire in: London Gazette of June 16, 2001. Issue 56237, page 7/8.
  7. ↑ Pornography and Violence: Broadcasting text of the speech of January 12, 1994
  8. ^ Prison's text of the speech of July 11, 2001
predecessor Office successor
Richard Third Bishop of Maidstone
1980–1987 		David Smith
Simon Phipps Bishop of Lincoln
1987–2002 		John Saxbee
personal data
SURNAME Hardy, Robert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Hardy, Robert Maynard (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British theologian; Bishop of Lincoln
DATE OF BIRTH October 5, 1936