Alfred Cecil Cooper was the fourth Bishop in Korea

Bishop in Korea

The Bishop in Korea was an Anglican missionary appointment from 1889 to 1965 when the diocese was divided..- List of the Bishops in Korea :-Notes:...

 from 1931 until 1954. Born in 1882 and educated at Bradfield College

Bradfield College

Bradfield College is a coeducational independent school located in the small village of Bradfield in the English county of Berkshire.The college was founded in 1850 by Thomas Stevens, Rector and Lord of the Manor of Bradfield...

 and Christ's College, Cambridge

Christ's College, Cambridge

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, he was ordained in 1907. After a curacy at St Oswald's, West Hartlepool

Hartlepool

Hartlepool is a town and port in North East England.It was founded in the 7th century AD, around the Northumbrian monastery of Hartlepool Abbey. The village grew during the Middle Ages and developed a harbour which served as the official port of the County Palatine of Durham. A railway link from...

he spent the rest of his active ministry in Korea

Korea

Korea ) is an East Asian geographic region that is currently divided into two separate sovereign states — North Korea and South Korea. Located on the Korean Peninsula, Korea is bordered by the People's Republic of China to the northwest, Russia to the northeast, and is separated from Japan to the...

. Bishop during a turbulent period in the country’s history, the most dramatic event of his episcopate was the forced march to the very top of the country during the civil war

Civil war

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 . Retiring in 1954, he died a decade later on 17 December 1964.