Paul Hooper

{{Short description|English Clergyman}}

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{{Portal|Christianity}}Paul Denis Gregory Hooper (born 26 April 1952, in Winchester) was Archdeacon of Leeds[http://leeds.anglican.org/content/paul-hooper-0 Diocese of West Yorkshire] from 2012‘HOOPER, Paul Denis Gregory’, Who's Who 2015, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2015; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2014; online edn, November 2014 [http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U11611 Accessed 3 November 2015] until 30 October 2016.[http://www.leeds.anglican.org/content/archdeacon-leeds-retire Diocese of Leeds — Archdeacon of Leeds to retire] (Accessed 13 July 2016)

Hooper was educated at Eastbourne College, the University of Manchester and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He was ordained in 1982.Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing ({{ISBN|978-0-7151-1030-0}})

His posts up to 2012 were

• 1982-84: Curate St George, Leeds
• 1984-87: Diocese of Ripon Youth Officer
• 1987-95: Bishop's Domestic Chaplain, Diocese of Ripon
• 1995-2009: Vicar St Mark, Harrogate
• 2005-2009:Area Dean Harrogate
• 2009-12: Director Clergy Development, Diocese of Ripon and Leeds