Honorific-Prefix: | The Right Revd |
Alan Cooper | |
Assistant bishop in Karachi | |
Church: | Church of Pakistan |
Diocese: | Diocese of Karachi |
Other Post: | Provost of Bradford (1962–1977) |
Ordination: | 1932 |
Birth Date: | 2 June 1909 |
Religion: | Anglican |
Occupation: | Missionary |
Alma Mater: | Christ's College, Cambridge |
William Hugh Alan Cooper (2 June 1909 – 14 October 1999) was an eminent Anglican bishop whose ecclesiastical career spanned nearly 50 years in the twentieth century.[1]
Educated at King's College School and Christ's College, Cambridge and ordained in 1932,[2] he began his career with curacies at St Margaret, Blackheath[3] and Holy Trinity, Cambridge.[4] He was a CMS Missionary in Lagos and then held incumbencies at St Giles, Ashtead[5] and of St Andrew, Plymouth before becoming Provost of Bradford, a post he held from 1962[6] to 1977. He was then an Assistant Bishop in Karachi for three years.