Education
Hawkins was educated at the University of Nottingham.
Hawkins was educated at the University of Nottingham.
After further study at Street John"s College, Nottingham he was ordained in 1974. He has a Bachelor of Theology (BTh). His ordained ministry as a curate at Street Andrew’s Bebington, after which he was spent six years in Nigeria.
He was then vicar of Street George’s Leeds for 16 years until his ordination to the episcopate.
He was installed at Chelmsford Cathedral in January 2003 and retired on 30 March 2014. The Reverend David Hawkins (1974–1982)
The Reverend Canon David Hawkins (1982–2002)
The Right Reverend David Hawkins (2002—present).