Richard Hawkins (bishop)


Richard Hawkins
Bishop of Crediton
DioceseDiocese of Exeter
In office1996–2004
PredecessorPeter Coleman
SuccessorBob Evens
Other post(s)Honorary assistant bishop in Exeter (2005–present)
Bishop of Plymouth (1988–1996)
Archdeacon of Totnes (1981–1988)
Orders
Ordinationc. 1963 (deacon); c. 1964 (priest)
Consecration1988
Personal details
Born (1939-04-02) 2 April 1939 (age 85)
DenominationAnglican
ParentsJohn Hawkins, Elsie Briggs
SpouseValerie Herneman (m. 1966)
Children2 sons (1 d.); 2 daughters (1 d.)
Alma materExeter College, Oxford

Richard Stephen Hawkins (born 2 April 1939) is a bishop in the Church of England and currently a chapter canon of Exeter Cathedral.

Hawkins was educated at Exeter College, Oxford,[1] and trained for ordination at St Stephen's House, Oxford. He was a team vicar in rural Devon and Exeter in his early ministry. He was then Archdeacon of Totnes before being ordained to the episcopate as the suffragan Bishop of Plymouth in the Diocese of Exeter. He was later translated to Crediton in the same diocese.

Hawkins' father, John Hawkins, was the Archdeacon of Totnes. [2]

  1. ^ Who's Who 2008, London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. ^ "Hawkins, Rt Rev. Richard Stephen", Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [1], accessed 30 June 2012