George Lanyon Hacker (27 April 1928 – 30 April 2025) was an English Anglican clergyman who was the sixth Suffragan Bishop of Penrith in the modern era.'HACKER, Rt Rev. George Lanyon', Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 9 July 2012
Biography Hacker was educated at Kelly College, TavistockKelly College –Bishop of Penrith to preach at Founders Service The Times Monday, 19 April 1982; pg. 10; Issue 61211; col C and Exeter College, Oxford. He was ordained after a period of study at Cuddesdon in 1955.Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis, P (1992, London, Debrett's) ) He began his career with a curacy at St Mary Redcliffe National Archive details before spells as Chaplain at King's College London, Perpetual curate at the Church of the Good Shepherd, Bishopwearmouth and Rector of Tilehurst.
In 1979 he ascended to the Episcopate, a post he held for 15 years. In retirement, settling at Milburn, Cumbria, he continued to serve the church as an Assistant Bishop within his old diocese.
Hacker died on 30 April 2025, at the age of 97.
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