Geoffrey Paul

Who was Geoffrey Paul?

Geoffrey John Paul was the eighth Bishop of Hull in the modern era from 1977 until 1981, who was then translated to Bradford where he served until his death two years later.

Educated at Rutlish Grammar School, Queens' College, Cambridge and at King's College London, his first position after ordination was as a curate in Little Ilford. He was then a missionary priest at Palayamkottai and later in Kerala where he was a member of the faculty of the Kerala United Theological Seminary at Kannammoola, eventually becoming the principal from 1961 to 1965. On returning to England he was a residentiary canon at Bristol Cathedral and then the warden of Lee Abbey before his ordination to the episcopate as a suffragan bishop to the Archbishop of York. His daughter, Hilary Jane Paul, married the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams.