Hubert Higgs
British bishop

Hubert Higgs

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British bishop
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23 November 1911
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4 January 1992
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Hubert Laurence Higgs was the seventh Anglican Bishop of Hull in the modern era (from 1965 until 1977).

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Born on 23 November 1911, and educated at University College School and Christ's College, Cambridge. His first post after ordination was as a curate at Holy Trinity, Richmond. He was then Vicar of Holy Trinity, Aldershot, Rural Dean of Woking and finally Archdeacon of Bradford before elevation to the Episcopate as a Suffragan to the Archbishop of York. He died on 4 January 1992.