The Right Reverend Robert Hardy, popular Bishop of Lincoln whose pastoral skills were tested by conflict within the cathedral Chapter – obituary
Known to all as Bishop Bob, he displayed a keen knowledge and understanding of rural affairs and was made President of the Lincolnshire Show
9 May 2021 • 6:58pm
The Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Robert Runcie, right, outside Canterbury Cathedral after consecrating the Bishop of Maidstone, the Rt Rev Robert Hardy, the youngest Church of England Bishop at the time, November 1980
The Right Reverend Robert Hardy, who has died aged 84, was Bishop of Lincoln from 1987 to 2001 – a time bedevilled by war within the Chapter of his Cathedral.