Robert Innes (bishop)

The Right Reverend Robert Innes
Bishop in Europe
Diocese	Diocese in Europe
In office	2014–present
Predecessor	Geoffrey Rowell
Other posts	Senior Chaplain and Chancellor of Holy Trinity, Brussels (2005–2014) Chaplain to the Queen (2012–present)
Orders
Ordination	1995 (deacon) 1996 (priest)
Consecration	20 July 2014 by Justin Welby
Personal details
Born	1959 (age 56–57)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	Brussels, Belgium
Spouse	Helen
Children	Ruth, Rebecca, James and Philippa
Profession	previously engineer
Alma mater	King's College, Cambridge

Robert Neil Innes (born 1959) is an Anglican bishop. Since 2014, he has been the Bishop in Europe.

Life

Church of St Mary Magdalene

Innes was born in 1959 and studied engineering at Cambridge University. He worked in the electric power industry until 1989 when he trained at St John's College in Durham. In 1995 he became both a doctor and a deacon. He was a lecturer at St John’s College until 1999 when he was appointed as vicar of St Mary Magdalene Church in Belmont.^[1]

Innes has been working at the Diocese of Gibraltar in Europe since 2005. He was appointed as bishop in 2014; he was consecrated as a bishop on 20 July 2014 at Canterbury Cathedral by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury (with co-consecrators Richard Chartres, Bishop of London and Tim Dakin, Bishop of Winchester) and installed at the cathedral on 4 September 2014.^[2] He is based in Brussels.^[3]

Styles

The Reverend Doctor Robert Innes (1995–2005)
The Reverend Canon Doctor Robert Innes (2005–2014)
The Right Reverend Doctor Robert Innes (2014–present)

References

↑ Diocese in Europe – New Diocesan Bishop Appointed (Archived 29 November 2014; accessed 22 December 2015)
↑ The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar – Events (Archived 10 August 2014; accessed 22 December 2015)
↑ Our new Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe, Holy Trinity.be, retrieved 27 July 2014

Bishops of Gibraltar and in Europe

Bishops of Gibraltar	George Tomlinson Walter Trower Charles Harris Charles Sandford William Collins Henry Knight John Greig Nugent Hicks Harold Buxton Cecil Horsley Frederick Craske Stanley Eley John Satterthwaite (became Bishop in Europe)

Bishops in Europe	John Satterthwaite John Hind Geoffrey Rowell Robert Innes

Diocese in Europe

Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar Holy Trinity Pro-Cathedral, Brussels St Paul's Pro-Cathedral, Valletta Bishop's Lodge, Worth Church House, Westminster

Office holders	Robert Innes, Bishop in Europe David Hamid, Suffragan Bishop in Europe John Paddock, Dean of Gibraltar Colin Williams, Archdeacon of Europe Peter Potter, Archdeacon of Switzerland Ian Naylor, Archdeacon of France Meurig Williams, Acting Archdeacon of North West Europe Geoff Johnston, Acting Archdeacon of Gibraltar Vickie Sims, Archdeacon of Italy and Malta

Historic offices	Bishop of Gibraltar (1842–1980; see Bishop in Europe) Bishop suffragan of Fulham (1926–1980; suff. to London)

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