The Rt Rev Thomas Richard Hare (29 August 1922 – 18 July 2010) was the Suffragan Bishop of Pontefract

Bishop of Pontefract

The Bishop of Pontefract is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Wakefield, in the Province of York, England...

 from 1971 until 1992.

Life

He was born on 29 August 1922 and educated at Marlborough College

Marlborough College

Marlborough College is a British co-educational independent school for day and boarding pupils, located in Marlborough, Wiltshire.Founded in 1843 for the education of the sons of Church of England clergy, the school now accepts both boys and girls of all beliefs. Currently there are just over 800...

 and Trinity College, Oxford

Trinity College, Oxford

The College of the Holy and Undivided Trinity in the University of Oxford, of the foundation of Sir Thomas Pope , or Trinity College for short, is one of the constituent colleges of the University of Oxford in England. It stands on Broad Street, next door to Balliol College and Blackwells bookshop,...

.After World War Two

World War II

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 service with the RAF he was ordained  in 1950 and began his ecclesiastical career with a curacy

Curate

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 at Haltwhistle

Haltwhistle

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. Following this he was Chaplain

Chaplain

Traditionally, a chaplain is a minister in a specialized setting such as a priest, pastor, rabbi, or imam or lay representative of a religion attached to a secular institution such as a hospital, prison, military unit, police department, university, or private chapel...

 to the Bishop of Manchester

William Derrick Lindsay Greer

William Derrick Lindsay Greer was an Anglican Bishop for over 20 years in the middle of the 20th century Greer was born on 28 February 1902 and was educated at Saint Columba's College, Dublin and Trinity College, Dublin. After a spell as Assistant Principal, Ministry of Home Affairs, Northern...

 and then a Canon Residentiary

Canon (priest)

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 at Carlisle Cathedral

Carlisle Cathedral

The Cathedral Church of the Holy and Undivided Trinity, otherwise called Carlisle Cathedral, is the seat of the Anglican Bishop of Carlisle. It is located in Carlisle, in Cumbria, North West England...

. Appointed Archdeacon

Archdeacon

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 of Westmorland

Westmorland

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 and Furness

Barrow-in-Furness

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 in 1965, he ascended to the Episcopate seven years later and retired in 1992.