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{{Infobox Christian leader
| name = Roderic Coote
| title = [[Bishop of Colchester]]
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| diocese = [[Diocese of Chelmsford]]
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| term = 1966–1987 (ret.)
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| predecessor = [[Frederick Narborough]]
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| successor = [[Michael Vickers (bishop)|Michael Vickers]]
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| consecration = 1951
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| alma_mater = [[Trinity College, Dublin]]
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'''Roderic Norman Coote''' [[Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (13 April 1915{{snd}}6 July 2000)<ref>[http://www.npg.org.uk/live/search/portrait.asp?LinkID=mp78356&rNo=0&role=sit NPG details]</ref> was an [[Anglican]] [[bishop]] who held three different posts in an ecclesiastical career spanning half a century.<ref>[[Who's Who|“Who was Who” 1897-2007]] London, [[A & C Black]], 2007 {{ISBN|978-0-19-954087-7}}</ref>

Coote was the son of Commander Bernard Trotter Coote and Grace Harriet Robinson, daughter of the Very Reverend John Joseph Robinson. He was the grandson of [[Coote baronets|Sir Algernon Coote, 12th Baronet]], [[Lord-Lieutenant of Queen's County]] (see [[Coote baronets]]).<ref name="thepeerage.com">[http://www.thepeerage.com/p25273.htm#i252723 thepeerage.com Rt. Rev. Roderic Norman Coote]</ref> Educated at [[Trinity College, Dublin]] and [[ordained]] in 1939, he began his career with a [[Curate|curacy]] at ''St Bartholomew's, Dublin''.<ref>[http://www.stbartholomews.ie/ Parish web site]</ref> After a decade as a [[missionary|missionary priest]] in [[The Gambia]] he became [[diocesan bishop]] ([[Anglican Diocese of Gambia|Bishop of Gambia and the Rio Pongas]]) <ref>''New Bishop Of Gambia (Official Appointments and Notices)'' The Times Thursday, Mar 08, 1951; pg. 6; Issue 51944; col B</ref> in 1951. [[Translation (ecclesiastical)|Translated]] to [[Bishop of Fulham|Fulham]] in 1957,<ref>''Bishop Of Fulham Dr. R. N. Coote Appointed (Official Appointments and Notices)'' [[The Times]] Wednesday, Oct 31, 1956; pg. 5; Issue 53676; col D</ref> his final appointment was a sideways move to [[Bishop of Colchester]]<ref>''[[Crockford's Clerical Directory]] 1975-76'' London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}</ref> nine years later. He became an area bishop with the creation of the Chelmsford area scheme 1983.<ref>{{cite web|title=4: The Dioceses Commission, 1978–2002 |url=http://www.churchofengland.org/media/40670/chapter4.pdf|publisher=Church of England|accessdate=23 April 2013}}</ref> An accomplished musician,<ref>{{cite web |title=The Rt Rev Roderic Coote |website=[[The Daily Telegraph]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160501221750/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1348892/The-Rt-Rev-Roderic-Coote.html |archive-date=2016-05-01 |url-status=live |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1348892/The-Rt-Rev-Roderic-Coote.html}}</ref> he died just six months short of his 50th [[Episcopal see|Episcopal]] anniversary.

Coote married Erica Lynette Shrubbs, daughter of Reverend Eric Gordon Shrubbs, in 1964. They had one son and two daughters. He died in July 2000, aged 85.<ref name="thepeerage.com"/>

==References==
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{{s-ttl|title=[[Anglican Diocese of Gambia|Bishop of Gambia and the Rio Pongas]]|years=1951 – 1957}}
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{{s-bef|before=[[Robert Stopford (bishop)|Robert Stopford]] }}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Bishop of Fulham]]|years=1957 – 1966}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Alan Rogers (bishop)|Alan Rogers]]}}
{{s-bef|before=[[Frederick Narborough]] }}
{{s-ttl|title=[[Bishop of Colchester]]|years=1966 – 1987}}
{{s-aft|after=[[Michael Vickers (bishop)|Michael Vickers]]}}
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{{Bishops of Gambia and the Rio Pongas}}
{{Bishops of Fulham}}
{{Bishops of Colchester}}
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[[Category:Coote family|Roderic]]
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