Gordon Mursell
The Rt Revd Gordon Mursell MA(Oxon) BD ARCM | |
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Bishop of Stafford | |
Diocese | Diocese of Lichfield |
In office | 2005–2010 |
Predecessor | Christopher Hill |
Successor | Geoff Annas |
Other posts |
Honorary assistant bishop in Glasgow & Galloway (2010–present) Provost (1999–2002/3) then Dean of Birmingham (2002/3–2005) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1973 (deacon); 1974 (priest) |
Consecration | 2005 |
Personal details | |
Born | 4 May 1949 |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Philip & Sheena |
Spouse | Anne Muir (m. 1989) |
Profession | Author (theology) |
Alma mater | Brasenose College, Oxford |
Alfred Gordon Mursell (born 4 May 1949) is a retired British Anglican bishop and author. From 2005 to 2010, he was the Bishop of Stafford in the Church of England.[1]
Mursell was educated at Ardingly College and Brasenose College, Oxford.[2] Ordained in 1974 he began his career with a curacy at St Mary Walton, Liverpool [3] and was then successively Vicar of St John's East Dulwich, a tutor at Wells Theological College, Team Rector of Stafford (1991–1999), Provost (1999–2002/3)[lower-alpha 1] and then Dean of Birmingham (2002/3–2005) [6] before his ordination to the episcopate[7] as the suffragan Bishop of Stafford - a post he vacated in June 2010. A prolific author,[8] he is also a keen hill walker.[2] He is a member of the Athenaeum Club.
Publications
- The Theology of the Carthusian Life (1988)
- Out of the Deep (1989)
- The Wisdom of the Anglo-Saxons (1996)
- English Spirituality (2001)
Styles
- Gordon Mursell (1949–1974)
- The Revd Gordon Mursell (1974–1999)
- The Very Revd Gordon Mursell (1999–2005)
- The Rt Revd Gordon Mursell (2005–present)
Notes
References
- ↑ Crockfords Online - accessed 9 March 2008, 19:37
- 1 2 ‘MURSELL, Rt Rev. (Alfred) Gordon’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 8 July 2012
- ↑ Crockford’s clerical directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ "Classified (Archived; subscription only)". Church Times (#7252). 22 February 2002. p. 21. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 31 December 2014. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ "Features (Archived; subscription only)". Church Times (#7339). 31 October 2002. p. 14. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 31 December 2014. (subscription required (help)).
- ↑ BBC News Reporting his appointment to the Suffragan See of Stafford
- ↑ Official notification
- ↑ His works include Out of the Deep: prayer as protest,(1989) The Wisdom of the Anglo-Saxons (1997) and English Spirituality (2001)
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Preceded by Peter Berry |
Provost, then Dean of Birmingham 1999–2005 |
Succeeded by Robert Wilkes |
Preceded by Christopher Hill |
Bishop of Stafford 2005–2010 |
Succeeded by Geoff Annas |
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