Peter Mumford
Religious Leader
1922 – 1992
Who was Peter Mumford?
Peter Mumford was a bishop of the Church of England. He was the Bishop of Hertford from 1974 to 1981 and the Bishop of Truro from 1981 to 1989.
Mumford was educated at Sherborne School and University College, Oxford. After Second World War service with the Royal Artillery he began his ordained ministry as a curate at St Mark's Salisbury. He was then the vicar of St Andrew’s Bedford, the rector of Crawley and finally, from 1973 until his ordination to the episcopate, the Archdeacon of St Albans. He married Jane and they had two sons and a daughter: his wife survived him.
Mumford wrote an autobiography, including "reflections", called Quick-eyed Love Observing, which was published after his death.
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