# Austin Hodson

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{{Short description|British bishop}}
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| name             = Austin Hodson
| title            = [Bishop of Tewkesbury](/source/Bishop_of_Tewkesbury)
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| diocese          = [Diocese of Gloucester](/source/Diocese_of_Gloucester)
| term             = 1938–1955
| successor        = [Edward Henderson](/source/Edward_Henderson_(bishop))
| other_post       = {{unbulleted list|[Canon](/source/Canon_residentiary) of [Gloucester](/source/Gloucester_Cathedral) {{nowrap|(1934–1961)}}|[Archdeacon of Gloucester](/source/Archdeacon_of_Gloucester) {{nowrap|(1938–1948)}}}}
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| ordination       = 1906 (deacon); 1908 (priest)
| ordained_by      = [Edgar Gibson](/source/Edgar_Gibson) (Gloucester)
| consecration     = 1938
| consecrated_by   = [Cosmo Lang](/source/Cosmo_Lang) (Canterbury)
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| birth_date       = {{birth date|1879|5|6|df=y}}
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| death_date       = {{death date and age|1961|1|28|1879|5|6|df=y}}
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| nationality      = [British](/source/British_people)
| religion         = [Anglican](/source/Anglicanism)
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| parents          = John &amp; Annie
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| alma_mater       = [Christ Church, Oxford](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Oxford)
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'''Augustine John Hodson''' (called Austin;<ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/a2a/records.aspx?cat=040-gdr_6&cid=8#8 National Archives — Bishops of Tewkesbury]</ref> 6 May 1879{{snd}}28 January 1961)<ref>''Augustine Hodson.'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Monday, 30 January 1961; p. 12; Issue 54992</ref> was the first [Bishop of Tewkesbury](/source/Bishop_of_Tewkesbury) ([suffragan bishop](/source/suffragan_bishop) in the [Diocese of Gloucester](/source/Diocese_of_Gloucester)) from 1938<ref>''Ecclesiastical News. Bishop of Tewkesbury consecrated'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) (London, England), Saturday, 26 February 1938; p. 14; Issue 47929</ref> until his resignation in 1955.<ref>''Resignation of the Bishop of Tewsbury'' The Times, Tuesday, 29 March 1955; p. 8; Issue 53200C; col. D</ref>

Son of John and Annie, Hodson was educated at [Lichfield Grammar School](/source/King_Edward_VI_School_(Lichfield)) and [Christ Church, Oxford](/source/Christ_Church%2C_Oxford). He studied for ordination at [St&nbsp;Stephen's House, Oxford](/source/St%26nbsp%3BStephen's_House%2C_Oxford), and never married.<ref name="ww">{{Who's Who | title=Hodson, Augustine John | id = U54027 | type = was | volume = 1920–2016 | edition = April 2014 online | access-date = 30 May 2017 }}</ref>

He was made [deacon](/source/deacon) in [Advent](/source/Advent) 1906 (23&nbsp;December), by [Edgar Gibson](/source/Edgar_Gibson), [Bishop of Gloucester](/source/Bishop_of_Gloucester), at [Gloucester Cathedral](/source/Gloucester_Cathedral),<ref>{{Church Times | title = The Ordinations on Sunday last | archive = 1906_12_28_837 | issue = 2292 | date = 28 December 1906 | page = 837 | accessed = 12 March 2021 }}</ref> and ordained [priest](/source/priest) in 1908, serving his [curacy](/source/Curate) at All&nbsp;Saints', [Cheltenham](/source/Cheltenham). Between 1911 and 1915 he was Assistant Missioner to the [Gloucester Diocesan](/source/Diocese_of_Gloucester) [Mission](/source/Mission_(Christianity)) before serving [Leckhampton](/source/Leckhampton) as [curate-in-charge](/source/curate-in-charge) (1915–1921);<ref name="ww" /> during the latter he was also a temporary [chaplain](/source/chaplain)<ref>[http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/nra/searches/subjectView.asp?ID=P46080 Reference in National archives]</ref> (1918–1920). He had been interviewed by the Chaplain-General in July 1918, was described as 'Dark, keen... good' and sent to France to work in a Casualty Clearing Station.<ref>Index Card Museum of Army Chaplaincy</ref> Before he was demobilised, it was reported, 'Has done good work as hospital chaplain in spite of rather poor health'.<ref>TNA WO374/33968</ref> He moved in 1921 to become [Vicar](/source/Vicar) of [Chalford](/source/Chalford), then of [Wotton-under-Edge](/source/Wotton-under-Edge) from 1924.<ref name="ww" />

Hodson departed Wotton in 1934 to become a [canon residentiary](/source/canon_residentiary) of [Gloucester Cathedral](/source/Gloucester_Cathedral), in which post he remained until death. During that time, he was [Archdeacon of Gloucester](/source/Archdeacon_of_Gloucester) (1938–1948) and [Bishop of Tewkesbury](/source/Bishop_of_Tewkesbury) — the first [suffragan bishop](/source/suffragan_bishop) of the diocese (1938–1955).<ref name="ww" /> He was consecrated a bishop on 24 February 1938<ref>[https://www.webarchive.org.uk/wayback/archive/20141101224038/http://ww3.gloucestershire.gov.uk/DServe/dserve.exe?dsqIni=Dserve.ini&dsqApp=Archive&dsqDb=Catalog&dsqCmd=show.tcl&dsqSearch=(RefNo=='GDR') Records of the Diocese of Gloucester] (Retrieved 22 December 2015)</ref> (the Feast of [St&nbsp;Matthias](/source/Matthias_the_Apostle)), by [Cosmo Lang](/source/Cosmo_Lang), [Archbishop of Canterbury](/source/Archbishop_of_Canterbury), at [Lambeth Palace chapel](/source/Lambeth_Palace_chapel);<ref>{{Church Times | title = Bishop of Tewkesbury consecrated. In Lambeth Palace Chapel. | archive = 1938_03_04_243 | issue = 3919 | date = 4 March 1938 | page = 243 | accessed = 12 March 2021 }}</ref> and resigned the See effective 31&nbsp;March 1955.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Bishop of Tewkesbury | archive = 1955_01_21_001 | issue = 4798 | date = 21 January 1955 | page = 1 | accessed = 12 March 2021 }}</ref> His younger brother was [Robert](/source/Robert_Hodson), Bishop suffragan of Shrewsbury.<ref>{{Church Times | title = in memoriam: Bishop Robert Hodson | archive = 1960_01_15_008 | issue = 5057 | date = 15 January 1960 | page = 8 | accessed = 6 February 2021 }}</ref>

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