George Hacker (bishop)

George Lanyon Hacker (27 April 1928 – 30 April 2025) was an English Anglican clergyman who was the sixth Suffragan Bishop of Penrith in the modern era.^[1]

The Rt Revd George Hacker MA(Oxon)
Bishop of Penrith
Diocese	Diocese of Carlisle
In office	1979–1994
Predecessor	Edward Pugh
Successor	Richard Garrard
Other posts	Honorary assistant bishop in Carlisle (1994–2025) Chaplain, St Boniface's College, Warminster (1959–1964)
Orders
Ordination	1954 (deacon); 1955 (priest)
Consecration	1979
Personal details
Born	(1928-04-27)27 April 1928
Died	30 April 2025(2025-04-30) (aged 97)
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Edward & Carla Lanyon
Spouse	June Smart (m. 1969)
Children	1 son; 1 daughter
Profession	Writer
Alma mater	Exeter College, Oxford

Biography

Hacker was educated at Kelly College, Tavistock^[2] and Exeter College, Oxford. He was ordained after a period of study at Cuddesdon in 1955.^[3] He began his career with a curacy at St Mary Redcliffe ^[4] before spells as Chaplain at King's College London, Perpetual curate at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Bishopwearmouth and Rector of Tilehurst.

In 1979 he ascended to the Episcopate, a post he held for 15 years. In retirement, settling at Milburn, Cumbria, he continued to serve the church as an Assistant Bishop within his old diocese.^[5]

Hacker died on 30 April 2025, at the age of 97.^[6]