Alan Cooper (bishop)

William Hugh Alan Cooper (known as Alan;^[1] 2 June 1909 – 14 October 1999) was an eminent Anglican bishop whose ecclesiastical career spanned forty eight years ^[2] in the twentieth century.

Educated at King's College School and Christ's College, Cambridge and ordained in 1932,^[3] he began his career with curacies at St Margaret, Blackheath ^[4] and Holy Trinity, Cambridge.^[5] He was a CMS Missionary in Lagos and then held incumbencies at St Giles, Ashtead^[6] and of St Andrew, Plymouth before becoming Provost of Bradford, a post he held from 1962^[7] to 1977. He was then an Assistant Bishop in Karachi for three years.

Grave in the churchyard of St Martha on the Hill near Guildford, Surrey

References

1. ↑ Past Rectors & Vicars of the Parish of Ashtead
2. ↑ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
3. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
4. ↑ Photo of church
5. ↑ Church web-site
6. ↑ On-line list of rectors
7. ↑ The Times, Saturday, Mar 31, 1962; pg. 10; Issue 55354; col G Provost Of Bradford