{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} ''' Henry Townsend Vodden''' (10 July 1887<ref>“Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}}</ref> – 24 August 1960)<ref>[http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/person.asp?LinkID=mp76942 NPG details]</ref> was the fifth bishop of Hull in the modern era (from 1934 until 1957).<ref>''Bishop of Hull to resign'' The Times Monday, 1 April 1957; p. 12; Issue 53804; col D</ref>
He was educated at Exeter School<ref>[https://www.anglo-chinese.com/school/ExeterSchool.htm Alumni details]</ref> and Exeter College, Oxford, his first posts after ordination were as a missionary priest in India. He was later secretary of the CMS before elevation to the episcopate as a suffragan to the Archbishop of York. He died on 24 August 1960.<ref>''Rt. Rev. H. T. Vodden Former Bishop Of Hull'' (Obituaries) The Times Friday, 26 August 1960; p. 13; Issue 54860; col A</ref>
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