Michael Hooper (bishop)

{{Short description|British Anglican bishop (born 1941)}}

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| honorific-prefix = The Rt Revd

| name = Michael Hooper

| honorific-suffix =

| title = Bishop of Ludlow

| diocese = Diocese of Hereford

| term = 2002–2009

| predecessor = John Saxbee

| successor = Alistair Magowan

| other_post = Assistant bishop in Worcester (2010–present)[http://www.cofe-worcester.org.uk/pdf_lib/192.pdf Worcester Diocesan News – April 2010]{{dead link|date=January 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
ex officio also Archdeacon of Ludlow (2002–2009)
Archdeacon of Hereford (1997–2002)

| ordination = 1965 (deacon); 1966 (priest)

| consecration = 2002

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1941|5|2|df=y}}

| religion = Anglican

| spouse = Rosemary Edwards (m. 1968)

| children = 2 sons; 2 daughters

| occupation =

| profession =

| alma_mater = St David's College, Lampeter

}}

Michael Wrenford Hooper (born 2 May 1941) is a retired Anglican bishop in the Church of England who also served as the suffragan Bishop of Ludlow from 2002 to 2009.[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/cathedral.cfm?IDNUMBER=15531 Anglican Communion]

Hooper was educated at the Crypt School in Gloucester and the University of Wales, Lampeter. He was ordained in 1966 and became a curate at St Mary Magdalene's Bridgnorth[http://www.achurchnearyou.com/10435/ A church near you] and was then, successively, priest in charge at Habberley; Rural Dean of Pontesbury,Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009, Church House Publishing, {{ISBN|978-0-7151-1030-0}} and then Leominster;Debrett's People of Today, London, Debrett's, 2008, {{ISBN|978-1-870520-95-9}} and finally, before his ordination to the episcopate, the Archdeacon of Hereford.

He is married with four children."Hooper, Rt Rev. Michael Wrenford", Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U42432], accessed 5 July 2012.