Richard Hawkins (bishop)

Richard Stephen Hawkins (born 2 April 1939) is a bishop in the Church of England and currently a chapter canon of Exeter Cathedral.^[1]

The Right Reverend Richard Hawkins
Bishop of Crediton
Diocese	Diocese of Exeter
In office	1996–2004
Predecessor	Peter Coleman
Successor	Bob Evens
Other post(s)	Honorary assistant bishop in Exeter (2005–present) Bishop of Plymouth (1988–1996) Archdeacon of Totnes (1981–1988)
Orders
Ordination	c. 1963 (deacon); c. 1964 (priest)
Consecration	1988
Personal details
Born	(1939-04-02) 2 April 1939 (age 86)
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	John Hawkins, Elsie Briggs
Spouse	Valerie Herneman (m. 1966)
Children	2 sons (1 d.); 2 daughters (1 d.)
Alma mater	Exeter College, Oxford

Hawkins was educated at Exeter College, Oxford,^[2] and trained for ordination at St Stephen's House, Oxford. He was a team vicar in rural Devon and Exeter in his early ministry. He was then Archdeacon of Totnes before being ordained to the episcopate as the suffragan Bishop of Plymouth in the Diocese of Exeter. He was later translated to Crediton in the same diocese.

Hawkins' father, John Hawkins, was the Archdeacon of Totnes from 1962 until his death in 1965.^[3]