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You will all know by now that the new
Bishop has been appointed. Bishop Michael grew up in Hampshire. He
is married to Julia and they have three grown-up children and
one grandson. At Oxford he read Oriental Studies before a
second degree in Theology involving Hebrew, Aramaic and Syriac.
Cuddesdon Theological College led to ordination in Southwark by
Bishop Mervyn Stockwood and a curacy in a Surrey village where he
and Julia were married.
His work since that curacy has encompassed a higher education
chaplaincy in inner South London, time as vicar of the suburban
parish of Welling in the Borough of Bexley, leadership of the main
team ministry in Worcester and, since 1999, the bishopric of
Middleton. He leads on education in the diocese of Manchester and is
Warden of Readers and Lay Eucharistic Assistants. Nationally he
chairs the Higher Education Panel of the Board of Education and is
part of the body that relates bishops and dioceses to Anglican
religious communities of monks and nuns. He chairs the Oldham
Interfaith Forum, a practical response by Christian, Muslims and
Hindus. He also takes part in Jewish-Christian dialogue in
Manchester.
Bishop Michael will be installed in St Paul’s Cathedral,
Nicosia, on 24th November and a week later in St
Christopher’s Cathedral, Bahrain.
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