Leslie Hunter (bishop)

Leslie Stannard Hunter, DD (2 May 1890 – 15 July 1983) was the second Bishop of Sheffield from 1939 until 1962.[1] Born on 2 May 1890 and educated at Kelvinside Academy[2] and New College, Oxford[3] he was ordained in 1915 and began his career with curacies at St Peter's, Brockley and St Martin-in-the-Fields, Trafalgar Square. He was then a Residentiary Canon at Newcastle Cathedral after which he was Vicar of Barking. In 1930 he became Archdeacon of Northumberland, a post he held until his elevation to the Episcopate.[4]

Hunter became the Bishop of Sheffield in 1939 and the chair of governors of the William Temple College. He was a great supporter of the Principal Edith Batten who steered the college towards addressing key issues of the day and how they effected Christian faith.[5] He established the Sheffield Industrial Mission in 1944.

Hunter was an eminent author,[6] he died on 15 July 1983.

  1. ^ The Times, Thursday, 29 March 1962; pg. 12; Issue 55352; col G Retirement of the Bishop of Sheffield
  2. ^ "Biographical details". Archived from the original on 29 February 2008. Retrieved 31 October 2008.
  3. ^ "Who was Who" 1897-1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 ISBN 0-7136-3457-X
  4. ^ The Times, Saturday, 1 July 1939; pg. 14; Issue 48346; col C New Bishop of Sheffield
  5. ^ "Batten, Edith Mary [Mollie] (1905–1985), welfare worker and educationist". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. 2004. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/30797. ISBN 978-0-19-861412-8. Retrieved 26 October 2020. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  6. ^ Review of "The Seed and the Fruit: Christian Morality in a Time of Transition"