Albert Peter Hall (2 September 1930 – 27 December 2013) was the Bishop of Woolwich from 1984 until 1996[1] and the first area bishop under the 1991 area scheme.[2][3]


Peter Hall

Bishop of Woolwich
DioceseDiocese of Southwark
In office1984–1996
PredecessorMichael Marshall
SuccessorColin Buchanan
Other post(s)Area bishop of Woolwich (1991–1996)
Honorary assistant bishop in Birmingham (1997–present)
Orders
Ordination1955 (deacon); 1956 (priest)
Consecration1984
Personal details
Born(1930-09-02)2 September 1930
Died27 December 2013(2013-12-27) (aged 83)
DenominationAnglican
ParentsWilliam & Bertha
SpouseValerie Page (m. 1957)
Children2 sons
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge

Hall was educated at Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Blackburn and St John's College, Cambridge.[4] Ordained in 1956 he began his ministry as a curate at St Martin's, Birmingham after which he was the Rector of Avondale, Harare and then St Martin in the Bull Ring, Birmingham before his ordination to the episcopate. A keen mountain walker, he was married with two sons[5] and in retirement continued to serve the church as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Birmingham.

References edit

  1. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
  2. ^ "4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002" (PDF). Church of England. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
  3. ^ "THE Rt REVD ALBERT PETER HALL". Church Times. 10 January 2014. Retrieved 12 June 2015.
  4. ^ ‘HALL, Rt Rev. (Albert) Peter’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [1], accessed 10 July 2012
  5. ^ Debrett's People of Today London,1992 Debrett's ISBN 1-870520-09-2
Religious titles
Preceded by Rector of St Martin in the Bull Ring
1969–1984
Succeeded by
J.G. Wesson
Preceded by Bishop of Woolwich
1984–1996
Succeeded by