# Christopher Luxmoore

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{{Short description|Bishop of Bermuda (1926–2014)}}
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{{Infobox Christian leader
| type             = bishop
| name             = Christopher Luxmoore
| title            = Bishop of Bermuda
| diocese          = [Bermuda](/source/Anglican_Church_of_Bermuda)
| term             = 1984–1989
| predecessor      = [Anselm Genders](/source/Anselm_Genders)
| successor        = [Bill Down](/source/Bill_Down)
| other_post       = [Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings](/source/Archdeacon_of_Lewes_%26_Hastings) (1989–1991)
| ordination       = 1953
| consecration     = 1984
| birth_name       = Christopher Charles Luxmoore
| birth_date       = {{birth date|1926|4|9|df=y}}
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2014|2|24|1926|4|9|df=y}}
| nationality      = British
| church            = [Anglican](/source/Anglican)
| parents          = William Cyril Luxmoore<br>Constance Evelyn Shoesmith
| spouse           = Judith Johnstone {{small|(m. 1955)}}
}}

'''Christopher Charles Luxmoore''' (9 April 1926 – 24 February 2014<ref>[http://www.chichester.anglican.org/news/2014/02/25/bishop-martin-pays-tribute-bishop-christopher-1926-2014/ Diocese of Chichester – Bishop Martin pays tribute to Bishop Christopher 1926 - 2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305160545/http://www.chichester.anglican.org/news/2014/02/25/bishop-martin-pays-tribute-bishop-christopher-1926-2014/ |date=2014-03-05 }} (Accessed 1 March 2014)</ref>) was the eighth [Bishop of Bermuda](/source/Bishop_of_Bermuda).<ref>[http://webgazette.bm/siftology.midoceannews/Article/article.jsp?articleId=7d5580e30080000&sectionId=132 Mid Ocean News]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Life==
He was the son of the Rev. William Cyril Luxmoore and his wife Constance Evelyn Shoesmith.<ref name="WW">{{Who's Who|title=Luxmoore, Rt Rev. Christopher Charles|id=U25140|access-date=1 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Harrogate Clergyman's Wedding |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19210408/115/0003 |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=8 April 1921|page=3}}</ref> He was educated at [Sedbergh School](/source/Sedbergh_School) and [Trinity College, Cambridge](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Cambridge), and was [ordained](/source/ordained) in 1953. His first post was as a [curate](/source/curate) at St John the Baptist, [Newcastle upon Tyne](/source/Newcastle_upon_Tyne) after which he was [Priest in Charge](/source/Priest_in_Charge) of St Bede's, Newsham, [County Durham](/source/County_Durham). He was then [Rector](/source/Rector_(ecclesiastical)) of [Sangre Grande](/source/Sangre_Grande), [Trinidad](/source/Trinidad) and after that [Vicar](/source/Vicar) of [Headingley](/source/St_Michael_and_All_Angels_Church%2C_Headingley), [Leeds](/source/Leeds). He was [Precentor](/source/Precentor) and [Canon Residentiary](/source/Canon_(priest)) of [Chichester Cathedral](/source/Chichester_Cathedral) from 1981<ref>“[Crockford's clerical directory](/source/Crockford's_clerical_directory), 1995” (Lambeth,Church House {{ISBN|0-7151-8088-6}})</ref> until his election to the See of Bermuda in 1984, and was the first ever [Bishop](/source/Bishop) to be [consecrated](/source/consecrated) there.<ref>[The Times](/source/The_Times), Monday, Nov 26, 1984; pg. 16; Issue 61996; col B  ''Court Circular''</ref>

On his return to [England](/source/England) in 1989, Luxmoore became [Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings](/source/Archdeacon_of_Lewes_%26_Hastings),<ref name="WW"/> a post he held until retirement in 1991.

==Family==
Luxmoore married in 1955 Judith Johnstone, daughter of canon Verney Johnstone; they had four sons and a daughter.<ref name="WW"/>

==References==
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