Warren Hunt (bishop)

William Warren Hunt (called Warren;[1] 22 January 1909 – 29 September 1994) was the inaugural Bishop of Repton from 1965 to 1977;[2] and from then until his death an assistant bishop within the Diocese of Chichester.

He was educated at Keble College, Oxford[3] and Ripon College Cuddesdon. He was deaconed on St Thomas' day 1932 (21 December), by Henry Williams, Bishop of Carlisle, at Rose Castle chapel[4] and priested the following year.[3] In 1935 he made a sideways move to St Martin-in-the-Fields during which time he married Mollie Green:[5] together they had four daughters. From 1940 to the end of the World War II, he was a Chaplain to the Forces after which he became Vicar of St Nicholas Radford, Coventry.[6] He was then successively Vicar of Leamington Spa and Rural Dean of Croydon before his appointment to the episcopate. He was consecrated a bishop on 30 November 1965 by Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[7] In 1976, he announced his retirement[8] and the following year moved to Funtington where he lived until his death.

  1. ^ Spearhead Magazine (West Chesterfield) – April/May 1977 p. 1
  2. ^ Derby Bishops
  3. ^ a b Who's Who 1970 London, A & C Black, 1971 ISBN 0-7136-1140-5
  4. ^ "Ordinations". Church Times. No. 3649. 30 December 1932. p. 810. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 10 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  5. ^ The Times, Saturday, 20 May 1939; p. 15; Issue 48310; col B Marriages Rev W. W. Hunt and Miss M. Green
  6. ^ Photo of church
  7. ^ "picture caption". Church Times. No. 5364. 3 December 1965. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 10 October 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  8. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X