Colin Scott (bishop)

Colin John Fraser Scott (14 May 1933 – 1 April 2014)[1][2] was the Bishop of Hulme from 1984 until 1998.[3]

Colin Scott
Bishop of Hulme
DioceseDiocese of Manchester
In office1984–1998
PredecessorDavid Galliford
SuccessorStephen Lowe
Other postsHonorary assistant bishop in Leicester (1999–2011)
Orders
Ordinationc. 1958 (deacon); c. 1959 (priest)
Consecration1984
Personal details
Born(1933-05-14)14 May 1933
Died1 April 2014(2014-04-01) (aged 80)[1]
DenominationAnglican
ParentsKenneth & Marion
SpouseMargaret MacKay (m. 1958)
Children1 son; 2 daughters
Alma materQueens' College, Cambridge

Scott was educated at Berkhamsted School and Queens' College, Cambridge (becoming a Cambridge Master of Arts). After curacies at St Barnabas, Clapham Common[4] and St James, Hatcham [5] he was Vicar of St Mark, Kennington.[6] Following this he was Vice-Chairman of the Southwark Diocesan Pastoral Committee and then (his final appointment before elevation to the Episcopate) Team Rector of Sanderstead.[7] In retirement he served the Church as an Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Leicester. He was a prominent member of the Anglican Pacifist Fellowship.

References
  1. Diocese of Manchester – Bishop Colin Scott Archived 2014-04-24 at the Wayback Machine (Accessed 23 April 2014)
  2. ‘SCOTT, Rt Rev. Colin John Fraser’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 10 July 2012
  3. Retirement announced
  4. Church
  5. “Crockford's clerical directory, 1995” (Lambeth,Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
  6. ”Debrett's People of Today 1992” (London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
  7. Work in Southwark Archived 2011-10-05 at the Wayback Machine
Church of England titles
Preceded by
David Galliford		 Bishop of Hulme
1984–1998		 Succeeded by
Stephen Lowe


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