Alan Cooper (bishop)

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| honorific-prefix = The Right Revd

| name = Alan Cooper

| title = Assistant bishop in Karachi

| church = Church of Pakistan

| diocese = Diocese of Karachi

| term = {{circa|1977–1980}}

| predecessor =

| successor =

| other_post = Provost of Bradford (1962–1977)

| ordination = 1932

| consecration = {{circa|1977}}

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1909|6|2|df=y}}

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1999|10|14|1909|6|2|df=y}}

| religion = Anglican

| spouse =

| children =

| occupation = Missionary

| alma_mater = Christ's College, Cambridge

}}

William Hugh Alan Cooper (2 June 1909 – 14 October 1999) was an eminent Anglican bishop whose ecclesiastical career spanned nearly 50 years in the twentieth century.Who Was Who 1897–2007. London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}}

Educated at King's College School and Christ's College, Cambridge and ordained in 1932,Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} he began his career with curacies at St Margaret, Blackheath[http://lh6.ggpht.com/wrichard67/SP9qP3ZzNgI/AAAAAAAAIgM/SWmHAwsA3AU/s400/lee%20church%20st%20margarets%20b.JPG Photo of church] and Holy Trinity, Cambridge.[http://www.htcambridge.org.uk/welcome.htm Church web-site] He was a CMS Missionary in Lagos and then held incumbencies at St Giles, Ashtead[http://www.ashtead.org/ashtead/rector.htm On-line list of rectors] and of St Andrew, Plymouth before becoming Provost of Bradford, a post he held from 1962The Times, Saturday, Mar 31, 1962; pg. 10; Issue 55354; col G Provost Of Bradford to 1977. He was then an Assistant Bishop in Karachi for three years.

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