Robert Stopford (bishop)

Robert Wright Stopford, KCVO, CBE (20 February 1901 – 13 August 1976) was a British Anglican bishop.

He was educated at Coatham School in Redcar and Liverpool College, where he was Head of House (Littler's).

He continued his education at Hertford College, Oxford, where he graduated with a Master of Arts degree.

At Oxford he obtained first classes in classical honour moderations (1922) and modern history (1924).

During his tenure as Bishop of London, Stopford formalised the system of assigning districts to the oversight of suffragans, adapted the diocese's organisation to the 1964 creation of Greater London,[9] and initiated the 1970 experimental area scheme.

Memorial to Robert Wright Stopford, Peterborough Cathedral