# Roderic Coote > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roderic_Coote > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Roderic_Coote.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderic_Coote > Source revision: 1251040807 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | name = Roderic Coote | title = [Bishop of Colchester](/source/Bishop_of_Colchester) | image = | image_size = | alt = | caption = | diocese = [Diocese of Chelmsford](/source/Diocese_of_Chelmsford) | elected = | term = 1966–1987 (ret.) | enthroned = | quashed = | term_end = | predecessor = [Frederick Narborough](/source/Frederick_Narborough) | opposed = | successor = [Michael Vickers](/source/Michael_Vickers_(bishop)) | other_post = {{unbulleted list|[Bishop of Gambia and the Rio Pongas](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Gambia) {{nowrap|(1951–1957)}}|[Bishop of Fulham](/source/Bishop_of_Fulham) {{nowrap|(1957–1966)}}}} | ordination = 1939 | ordained_by = | consecration = 1951 | consecrated_by = | birth_name = | birth_date = {{birth date|1915|4|13|df=y}} | birth_place = | death_date = {{death date and age|2000|7|6|1915|4|13|df=y}} | death_place = | buried = | nationality = | religion = [Anglican](/source/Anglicanism) | residence = | parents = | spouse = | children = | occupation = | profession = | education = | alma_mater = [Trinity College, Dublin](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Dublin) }} '''Roderic Norman Coote''' [OBE](/source/Order_of_the_British_Empire) (13 April 1915{{snd}}6 July 2000)[http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp78356&rNo=0&role=sit NPG details] was an [Anglican](/source/Anglican) [bishop](/source/bishop) who held three different posts in an ecclesiastical career spanning half a century.[“Who was Who” 1897-2007](/source/Who's_Who) London, [A & C Black](/source/A_%26_C_Black), 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}} Coote was the son of Commander Bernard Trotter Coote and Grace Harriet Robinson, daughter of the Very Reverend John Joseph Robinson. He was the grandson of [Sir Algernon Coote, 12th Baronet](/source/Coote_baronets), [Lord-Lieutenant of Queen's County](/source/Lord-Lieutenant_of_Queen's_County) (see [Coote baronets](/source/Coote_baronets)).[http://www.thepeerage.com/p25273.htm#i252723 thepeerage.com Rt. Rev. Roderic Norman Coote] Educated at [Trinity College, Dublin](/source/Trinity_College%2C_Dublin) and [ordained](/source/ordained) in 1939, he began his career with a [curacy](/source/Curate) at ''St Bartholomew's, Dublin''.[http://www.stbartholomews.ie/ Parish web site] After a decade as a [missionary priest](/source/missionary) in [The Gambia](/source/The_Gambia) he became [diocesan bishop](/source/diocesan_bishop) ([Bishop of Gambia and the Rio Pongas](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Gambia)) ''New Bishop Of Gambia (Official Appointments and Notices)'' The Times Thursday, Mar 08, 1951; pg. 6; Issue 51944; col B in 1951. [Translated](/source/Translation_(ecclesiastical)) to [Fulham](/source/Bishop_of_Fulham) in 1957,''Bishop Of Fulham Dr. R. N. Coote Appointed (Official Appointments and Notices)'' [The Times](/source/The_Times) Wednesday, Oct 31, 1956; pg. 5; Issue 53676; col D his final appointment was a sideways move to [Bishop of Colchester](/source/Bishop_of_Colchester)''[Crockford's Clerical Directory](/source/Crockford's_Clerical_Directory) 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} nine years later. He became an area bishop with the creation of the Chelmsford area scheme 1983.{{cite web|title=4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002 |url=http://www.churchofengland.org/media/40670/chapter4.pdf|publisher=Church of England|accessdate=23 April 2013}} An accomplished musician,{{cite web |title=The Rt Rev Roderic Coote |website=[The Daily Telegraph](/source/The_Daily_Telegraph) |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501221750/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1348892/The-Rt-Rev-Roderic-Coote.html |archive-date=2016-05-01 |url-status=live |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1348892/The-Rt-Rev-Roderic-Coote.html}} he died just six months short of his 50th [Episcopal](/source/Episcopal_see) anniversary. Coote married Erica Lynette Shrubbs, daughter of Reverend Eric Gordon Shrubbs, in 1964. They had one son and two daughters. He died in July 2000, aged 85. ==References== {{Reflist}} {{s-start}} {{s-rel|en}} {{s-bef|before=[John Daly](/source/John_Daly_(bishop))}} {{s-ttl|title=[Bishop of Gambia and the Rio Pongas](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Gambia)|years=1951 – 1957}} {{s-aft|after=[St John Pike](/source/St_John_Pike)}} {{s-bef|before=[Robert Stopford](/source/Robert_Stopford_(bishop)) }} {{s-ttl|title=[Bishop of Fulham](/source/Bishop_of_Fulham)|years=1957 – 1966}} {{s-aft|after=[Alan Rogers](/source/Alan_Rogers_(bishop))}} {{s-bef|before=[Frederick Narborough](/source/Frederick_Narborough) }} {{s-ttl|title=[Bishop of Colchester](/source/Bishop_of_Colchester)|years=1966 – 1987}} {{s-aft|after=[Michael Vickers](/source/Michael_Vickers_(bishop))}} {{s-end}} {{Dioceses of the Anglican Province of West Africa}} {{Bishops of Gambia and the Rio Pongas}} {{Bishops of Fulham}} {{Bishops of Colchester}} {{authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Coote, Roderic Norman}} Category:1915 births Category:Alumni of Trinity College Dublin Category:Anglican bishops of Gambia and the Rio Pongas Category:Bishops of Fulham Category:Bishops of Colchester Category:Officers of the Order of the British Empire Category:2000 deaths Roderic Category:Anglicanism in the Gambia --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Roderic Coote](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderic_Coote) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roderic_Coote?action=history)). 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