The Venerable

Venerable

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  Paul Colin Hackwood is a priest

Priest

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 in the Church of England

Church of England

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 and currently a Canon Residentiary

Canon (priest)

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 at Leicester Cathedral

Leicester Cathedral

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Hackwood was born in 1961 and educated at Birmingham University and theBradford University School of Management. He was ordained in 1990. After a curacy

Curate

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 at Little Horton

Little Horton

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 he was the Social Responsibility Advisor for the Diocese of St Albans from 1993 to 1997. Following this he became Vicar

Vicar

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 of Thornbury

Thornbury

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; and in 2005 Archdeacon

Archdeacon

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 of Loughborough

Loughborough

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, a post he held for four years.