Hubert Higgs
Hubert Laurence Higgs (23 November 1911 – 4 January 1992) was the seventh Anglican Bishop of Hull in the modern era (from 1965 until 1977).
Life[]
Higgs was educated at University College School and Christ's College, Cambridge.[1] His first post after ordination was as a curate at Holy Trinity, Richmond.[2] He was then Vicar of Holy Trinity, Aldershot,[3] Rural Dean of Woking and finally Archdeacon of Bradford before elevation to the episcopate as a suffragan to the Archbishop of York.[4]
References[]
- ^ Who Was Who 1897–2007. London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
- ^ Church web site[failed verification]
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ^ "New Bishop Of Hull". The Times. Tuesday, 23 March 1965; p. 14; Issue 56277; col E
Categories:
- 1911 births
- 1992 deaths
- People educated at University College School
- Alumni of Christ's College, Cambridge
- Archdeacons of Bradford
- Bishops of Hull
- 20th-century Church of England bishops