| Title | Bishop of Horsham |
|---|---|
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Chichester |
| Term | 1975–1991 Area bishop: 1984–1991 |
| Predecessor | Simon Phipps |
| Successor | John Hind |
| Other post | Honorary assistant bishop in Exeter (1991–present) |
| Birth date | 3 December 1925 |
| Death date | 4 November 2014 (aged 88) |
| Religion | Anglican |
| Parents | Philip Docker & Doris Whitehill |
| Spouse | Thelma Upton (m. 1950) |
| Alma mater | University of Birmingham |
Ivor Colin Docker (known as Colin;[1][2] 3 December 1925 – 4 November 2014) was the 2nd Anglican Bishop of Horsham from 1975[3] until 1991 and the first area bishop from the area scheme's institution in 1984.[4]
Educated at King Edward's School, Birmingham, Birmingham University (whence he gained a Master of Arts {MA}) and St Catherine's Society, Oxford,[5] he studied for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy in Normanton, Yorkshire.[6] From 1954 he was Area Secretary of the CMS[7] and, after spells as Vicar of Midhurst and Seaford he was appointed Rural Dean of Eastbourne in 1971. Four years later he was appointed to become Bishop of Horsham, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Chichester; he was consecrated a bishop by Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey on 31 January 1975.[8] A keen photographer, he retired to Bovey Tracey in 1991, where he continued to serve the church as an honorary assistant bishop within the Diocese of Exeter.
References
- ^ The Bells & Bell Ringers of St Margaret's Church, Angmering
- ^ Diocese of Port Moresby — Bishop's News (Jan 2003)
- ^ The Times, Saturday, 1 February 1975; p. 16; Issue 59309; col B Archbishop Coggan’s first consecration
- ^ "4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002". Church of England. Retrieved 23 April 2013.
- ^ ‘DOCKER, Rt Rev. Ivor Colin’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [1], accessed 5 July 2012
- ^ Debrett's Distinguished People of Today: 1990, London, Debrett's ISBN 1-870520-03-3
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
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