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Gordon Mursell

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Gordon Mursell

MA(Oxon) BD ARCM [[Hon.Doctor of Divinity [DD]]
Bishop of Stafford
Bishop Mursell in 2010
DioceseDiocese of Lichfield
In office2005–2010
PredecessorChristopher Hill
SuccessorGeoff Annas
Other post(s)Honorary assistant bishop in Glasgow & Galloway (2010–present)
Provost (1999–2002/3) then Dean of Birmingham (2002/3–2005)
Orders
Ordination1973 (deacon); 1974 (priest)
Consecration2005
Personal details
Born (1949-05-04) 4 May 1949 (age 75)
DenominationAnglican
ParentsPhilip & Sheena
Spouse
Anne Muir
​
(m. 1989)​
ProfessionAuthor (theology)
Alma materBrasenose 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)[a] 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)

The Bonds of Love: St Peter Damian's Theology of the Spiritual Life (2021)

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

  1. ^ Mursell is described as Provost on 22 February 2002[4] and as Dean on 31 October 2003.[5]

References

  1. ^ Crockfords Online - accessed 9 March 2008, 19:37
  2. ^ a b ‘MURSELL, Rt Rev. (Alfred) Gordon’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [1], accessed 8 July 2012
  3. ^ Crockford’s clerical directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  4. ^ "Classified". Church Times. No. 7252. 22 February 2002. p. 21. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 31 December 2014 – via UK Press Online archives.
  5. ^ "Features". Church Times. No. 7339. 31 October 2002. p. 14. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 31 December 2014 – via UK Press Online archives.
  6. ^ BBC News Reporting his appointment to the Suffragan See of Stafford
  7. ^ Official notification Archived 2007-11-10 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ His works include Out of the Deep: prayer as protest,(1989) The Wisdom of the Anglo-Saxons (1997) and English Spirituality (2001)
Church of England titles
Preceded by Provost, then Dean of Birmingham
1999–2005 		Succeeded by
Preceded by Bishop of Stafford
2005–2010 		Succeeded by


Quelle: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Mursell