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
- 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
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| Preceded by George Frederick Townley |
Bishop of Hull 1965–1977 |
Succeeded by Geoffrey Paul |
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