Peter Hall (bishop)
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Albert Peter Hall (2 September 1930 – 27 December 2013) was the Bishop of Woolwich from 1984 until 1996[1] and the first area bishop under the 1991 area scheme.[2][3]
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Peter Hall | |
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Bishop of Woolwich | |
Diocese | Diocese of Southwark |
In office | 1984–1996 |
Predecessor | Michael Marshall |
Successor | Colin Buchanan |
Other post(s) | Area bishop of Woolwich (1991–1996) Honorary assistant bishop in Birmingham (1997–present) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1955 (deacon); 1956 (priest) |
Consecration | 1984 |
Personal details | |
Born | (1930-09-02)2 September 1930 |
Died | 27 December 2013(2013-12-27) (aged 83) |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | William & Bertha |
Spouse | Valerie Page (m. 1957) |
Children | 2 sons |
Alma mater | St John's College, Cambridge |
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Hall was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn, and St John's College, Cambridge.[4] Ordained in 1956 he began his ministry as a curate at St Martin's, Birmingham after which he was the Rector of Avondale, Harare and then St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham before his ordination to the episcopate. A keen mountain walker, he was married with two sons[5] and in retirement continued to serve the church as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Birmingham.