In office 1984–1989 Denomination Anglican Consecration 1984 | Nationality British Alma mater London School of Theology | |
Diocese Diocese of Mount Kenya East Other posts Rector of Heanton (1970–1984)
Honorary assistant bishop, Diocese of Derby (1991–present) Ordination 1953 (deacon); 1954 (priest) | ||
Robert Michael Cawthorn Beak (called Bob; born 1925) is a retired Anglican bishop.
Beak trained at the London Bible College, was ordained deacon in 1953 and priest in 1954, serving his Title (curacy) at St John's Church, Tunbridge Wells, 1953–1955. Associated with the Bible Churchmen's Missionary Society 1955–1956 and 1984–1989, he spent 1956–1969 and 1984–1989 in Kenya. Between these stints, he was a parish priest in Devon. There, he was Rector of Heanton from 1970 (and of Marwood, Devon from 1979), being also rural dean of Barnstaple (1977–1981) and a prebendary of Exeter Cathedral (1982–1984).
All of these appointments ended with his 1984 appointment and consecration as Assistant Bishop of Marsabit in the Diocese of Mount Kenya East, Church of the Province of Kenya, where he remained until 1989. He retired in 1990 and became an Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) that year.
Since 1991, he has been licensed as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Derby, Church of England. He retired (again) from ministry in July 2013, having been a priest at All Saints' Church, Ashover.