Carl Cooper
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The Right Reverend Carl Cooper BA, MPhil |
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| Bishop of St David's | |
| Province | Wales |
| Diocese | St David's |
| In office | 2002–2008 |
| Predecessor | Huw Jones |
| Successor | Wyn Evans |
| Orders | |
| Consecration | 2002 |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Carl Norman Cooper |
| Born | 4 August 1960 |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Church in Wales |
| Spouse | Amanda Claire |
| Previous post | Archdeacon of Meirionnydd |
Carl Cooper (born 1960) is a former Anglican bishop who was the Bishop of St. David's from 2002 to 2008.
Cooper was born on 4 August 1960 and grew up in Wigan in Lancashire. He first spent time in Wales as an undergraduate at the University of Wales, Lampeter, where he took a degree in French before studying theology at Wycliffe Hall in Oxford.
Unusually for a non-native Welsh bishop, Cooper is a fluent Welsh-speaker. He received a Master of Philosophy degree for a study in bilingualism in the Church in Wales.
He served as curate in Llanelli, then as the Rector of Ciliau Aeron, Ceredigion. He also served at Dolgellau and as Archdeacon of Meirionnydd.
He was elected and consecrated Bishop of St David's in 2002. In his role as bishop, Cooper was invited to Uganda by the "old friend of west Wales", George Katwesigye, there he met MP and University of Wales graduate David Bahati. At that meeting Cooper was quoted as saying, "Wales' influence often stretches further than we realise."
David Bahati later tried to pass an act through the Ugandan Parliament to have the death penalty applied to certain homosexual acts. Bishop George Katwesigye has accused "perpetrators" of homosexuality of "indirectly bringing back colonialism in Uganda".
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