Bob Cooper (priest)

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The Venerable Bob Cooper
Archdeacon of Sunderland
Church	Church of England
Province	York
Diocese	Diocese of Durham
In office	April 2018 – present
Predecessor	Stuart Bain
Orders
Ordination	1993 (deacon) 1994 (priest)
Personal details
Born	Robert Gerard Cooper (1968-07-26) 26 July 1968 (age 56) Oldham, Lancashire, England^[1]
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglicanism
Spouse	Kate (m. 1991) ^[1]
Children	4
Education	Blue Coat School, Oldham
Alma mater	UCW Aberystwyth, Lincoln Theological College, University of Nottingham

Robert Gerard "Bob" Cooper (born 26 July 1968)^[1] is the Archdeacon of Sunderland, honorary canon of Durham Cathedral and canon of Musoma Cathedral in Mara, Tanzania.^[2]^[3]^[4]

He was formerly Area Dean of Pontefract and Vicar of St Giles' Church, Pontefract.^[5]

He held parish ministry positions in the former Dioceses of Ripon and Leeds and Wakefield (now the Diocese of Leeds) and was a school chaplain in Leeds before spending a year as a chaplain in a school in Essex. He has been visiting Mara, Tanzania since 2000.

On 3 October 2024, it was announced that Cooper is to become the next Dean of Guildford on 26 January 2025; as such he will become the primus inter pares (first among equals) of the clergy at Guildford Cathedral, the mother church of the Diocese of Guildford.^[10]^[11]

References

Church of England titles
Preceded by Stuart Bain	Archdeacon of Sunderland 2018–present	Incumbent

v t e Archdeacons of Sunderland
Frank White Stuart Bain Bob Cooper

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