Benjamin Hoadly (1676-1761)
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The Right Reverend Benjamin Hoadly |
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| Bishop of Winchester | |
Benjamin Hoadly, painted by Sarah Hoadly
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| Diocese | Diocese of Winchester |
| In office | 1734–1761 (died) |
| Predecessor | Richard Willis |
| Successor | John Thomas |
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Bishop of Bangor (1715–1721) Bishop of Salisbury (9 December 1723 {translation}–1734) Prelate of the Garter (c. 1734–1761) |
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14 November 1676 Westerham, Kent, England |
| Died | 17 April 1761 (aged 84) Chelsea, Middlesex, Great Britain |
| Buried | Winchester Cathedral |
| Nationality | British (formerly English) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Residence | Winchester House, Chelsea (official; at death) |
| Parents | Samuel Hoadly & Martha Hoadly (née Pickering) |
| Spouse | 1. Sarah Hoadly (née Curtis; 30 May 1701 {married}–11 January 1743 {she died}) 2. Mary Hoadly (née Newey; 23 July 1745 {married}–?) |
| Children | five sons (plus two stillborn; all with Sarah) |
| Profession | lecturer |
| Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge |
| Ordination history of Benjamin Hoadly | |
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Diaconal ordination
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| Ordained by | Henry Compton, Bishop of London |
| Date of ordination | 18 December 1698 |
| Place of ordination | St Paul's Cathedral |
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Priestly ordination
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| Ordained by | Compton |
| Date of ordination | 22 December 1700 |
| Place of ordination | St Paul's |
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Episcopal consecration
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| Date of consecration | c. 1716 |
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Bishop of Bangor (1715–1721)
Bishop of Hereford (6 October 1721 {elected}
Benjamin Hoadly (14 November 1676 – 17 April 1761) was an English clergyman, who was successively Bishop of Bangor, of Hereford, of Salisbury, and finally of Winchester. He is best known as the initiator of the Bangorian Controversy.
He was educated at St Catharine's College, Cambridge and ordained a priest in 1700. He was rector of St Peter-le-Poor, London, from 1704 to 1724, and of St Leonard's, Streatham, from 1710 to 1723. His participation in controversy began at the beginning of his career, when he advocated conformity of the religious rites from the Scottish and English churches for the sake of union. He became a leader of the low church and found favour with the Whig party.
He battled with Francis Atterbury, who was the spokesman for the high church group and Tory leader on the subject of passive obedience and non-resistance (i.e. obedience of divines that would not involve swearing allegiance or changing their eucharistic rites but would also not involve denunciation of the Established Church practices). The House of Commons, dominated by Whigs, recommended him to Queen Anne, and he became rector of Streatham in 1710. When George I succeeded to the throne, he became chaplain to the King and made bishop of Bangor in 1716.
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