Ross Hook

Ross Sydney Hook MC (19 February 1917 – 26 June 1996) was an Anglican bishop in the 20th century.[1]

Educated at Christ's Hospital[2] and Peterhouse, Cambridge, he was made a deacon on Trinity Sunday 1941 (8 June) by Cyril Garbett, Bishop of Winchester,[3] and ordained a priest the following Trinity Sunday (31 May 1942) by Mervyn Haigh, Bishop of Winchester — both times at Winchester Cathedral.[4] After Second World War service in the RNVR he was appointed Chaplain of Ridley Hall, Cambridge. From here he rose rapidly in the Church hierarchy being successively Vicar of Chorlton-cum-Hardy, Rural Dean of Chelsea and a Canon Residentiary at Rochester Cathedral before being ordained to the episcopate[5] as Bishop of Grantham in 1965. He was consecrated a bishop on 30 November 1965 by Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[6] He was translated to become Bishop of Bradford seven years later.[7] Following his time in Bradford, he served at Lambeth Palace (under Robert Runcie) as Chief of Staff to the Archbishop of Canterbury (1980–1984).[2]

  1. ^ "Obituary: The Right Rev Ross Hook". The Independent. 4 July 1996. Retrieved 11 February 2020.
  2. ^ a b "Hook, Ross Sydney". Who's Who & Who Was Who. Vol. 1920–2016 (April 2014 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 6 January 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. ^ "Trinity ordinations". Church Times. No. 4091. 20 June 1941. p. 360. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 10 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  4. ^ "Ordinations at Trinity". Church Times. No. 4142. 12 June 1942. p. 336. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 10 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  5. ^ The Times, Thursday, 9 December 1965; p. 3; Issue 56512; col E "New Bishop of Grantham consecrated"
  6. ^ "picture caption". Church Times. No. 5364. 3 December 1965. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 10 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ The Times, Wednesday, 28 June 1972; p. 16; Issue 58516; col A "New Bishop of Bradford"