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'''Christopher Charles Luxmoore''' (9 April 1926 – 24 February 2014<ref>[http://www.chichester.anglican.org/news/2014/02/25/bishop-martin-pays-tribute-bishop-christopher-1926-2014/ Diocese of Chichester – Bishop Martin pays tribute to Bishop Christopher 1926 - 2014] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140305160545/http://www.chichester.anglican.org/news/2014/02/25/bishop-martin-pays-tribute-bishop-christopher-1926-2014/ |date=2014-03-05 }} (Accessed 1 March 2014)</ref>) was the eighth [[Bishop of Bermuda]].<ref>[http://webgazette.bm/siftology.midoceannews/Article/article.jsp?articleId=7d5580e30080000&sectionId=132 Mid Ocean News]{{dead link|date=August 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref>

==Life==
He was the son of the Rev. William Cyril Luxmoore and his wife Constance Evelyn Shoesmith.<ref name="WW">{{Who's Who|title=Luxmoore, Rt Rev. Christopher Charles|id=U25140|access-date=1 March 2022}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Harrogate Clergyman's Wedding |url=https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000687/19210408/115/0003 |work=Yorkshire Post and Leeds Intelligencer |date=8 April 1921|page=3}}</ref> He was educated at [[Sedbergh School]] and [[Trinity College, Cambridge]], and was [[ordained]] in 1953. His first post was as a [[curate]] at St John the Baptist, [[Newcastle upon Tyne]] after which he was [[Priest in Charge]] of St Bede's, Newsham, [[County Durham]]. He was then [[Rector (ecclesiastical)|Rector]] of [[Sangre Grande]], [[Trinidad]] and after that [[Vicar]] of [[St Michael and All Angels Church, Headingley|Headingley]], [[Leeds]]. He was [[Precentor]] and [[Canon (priest)|Canon Residentiary]] of [[Chichester Cathedral]] from 1981<ref>“[[Crockford's clerical directory]], 1995” (Lambeth,Church House {{ISBN|0-7151-8088-6}})</ref> until his election to the See of Bermuda in 1984, and was the first ever [[Bishop]] to be [[consecrated]] there.<ref>[[The Times]], Monday, Nov 26, 1984; pg. 16; Issue 61996; col B  ''Court Circular''</ref>

On his return to [[England]] in 1989, Luxmoore became [[Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings]],<ref name="WW"/> a post he held until retirement in 1991.

==Family==
Luxmoore married in 1955 Judith Johnstone, daughter of canon Verney Johnstone; they had four sons and a daughter.<ref name="WW"/>

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