Chris Hawthorn

The Venerable Christopher John Hawthorn (29 April 1936 – 22 February 2025) was a British Anglican priest, who served as Archdeacon of Cleveland from 1991 to 2001.

Biography

Hawthorn was educated at Marlborough College, a Public school (i.e. independent boarding school) in Marlborough, Wiltshire. He studied at Queens' College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1960, and then trained for ordination at Ripon College Cuddesdon from 1960 to 1962.

He was ordained Deacon in 1962, and Priest. After a curacy at Sutton-on-Hull he held incumbencies at St Nicholas, Hull (1966–1972); Christ Church, Coatham (1972–1979); and St Martin's-on-the-Hill, Scarborough (1979–1991). He was Rural Dean of Scarborough from 1982 to 1991; and a Canon of York from 1987 to 2001 He then served as Archdeacon of Cleveland from 1991 until he retired in 2001.

Hawthorn died on 22 February 2025, at the age of 88.

References

  1. ↑ "Hawthorn, Ven. Christopher John, (born 29 April 1936), Archdeacon of Cleveland, 1991–2001, now Archdeacon Emeritus". Who's Who 2023. Oxford University Press. 1 December 2022. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  2. ↑ "Christopher John Hawthorn". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 2 March 2025.
  3. ↑ "Christopher John Wilcox". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 12 March 2017.
  4. ↑ ‘HAWTHORN, Ven. Christopher John’, Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, November 2016 accessed 12 March 2017
  5. ↑ Church news. New Archdeacon of Cleveland The Times (London, England), Tuesday, 18 December 1990; pg. 14; Issue 63892
  6. ↑ Church news. The Times (London, England), Monday, 13 August 2001; pg. 14; Issue 67216
  7. ↑ "The Venerable Christopher John Hawthorn". The Times. 8 March 2025. Retrieved 10 March 2025.