Geoffrey Rowell

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Church Church of England Diocese Gibraltar in Europe Denomination Anglican Role Bishop of Basingstoke Predecessor John Hind Consecration 1994		Province Canterbury In office 2001-2013 Name Geoffrey Rowell Successor Robert Innes Ordination 1968

Other posts Bishop of Basingstoke1994–2001 Born 13 February 1943 (age 81) ( 1943-02-13 ) Education Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Winchester College Books Hell and the Victorians, The vision glorious, The repertory movement, The liturgy of Christian burial, William Terriss and Richard P

Object no 11 the spectacles of john keble presented by the rt rev d dr geoffrey rowell

Douglas Geoffrey Rowell (born 13 February 1943) is a retired Anglican bishop, having served as the third Bishop in Europe until his retirement on 8 November 2013. Rowell is currently an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Chichester.

Education

Rowell was educated at Winchester College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Career

Since 1999, Rowell has been an episcopal patron of Project Canterbury, an online archive of Anglican texts.

Rowell was commissioned as Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe (often called "Bishop in Europe") on 18 October 2001 at St Margaret's, Westminster and enthroned in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar, 1 November 2001.

At the November 2012 meeting of the General Synod of the Church of England, Rowell was one of the three members of the House of Bishops who voted against the ordination of women as bishops.

Controversy

In January 2007, Rowell suspended the chaplain of Istanbul, Ian Sherwood, and the entire chaplaincy council.

Writings

Rowell has authored or co-authored the following:

Love's Redeeming Work: The Anglican Quest for Holiness. OUP Oxford. 2003. ISBN 978-0-19-150087-9. with Kenneth Stevenson and Rowan Williams

The Vision Glorious: Themes and Personalities of the Catholic Revival in Anglicanism. Clarendon Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-19-826332-6.

Come, Lord Jesus!: Daily Readings for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany. Morehouse. 2003. ISBN 978-0-8192-1964-0. with Julien Chilcott-Monk

The English religious tradition and the genius of Anglicanism. Ikon. 1992. ISBN 978-1-871805-02-4.

Outline of career

Ordained priest in the Church of England, 1969

Chaplain of Keble College, Oxford, 1971–1994

Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Leicester, 1979–1990

Canon of Chichester Cathedral, 1981

Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester, 1991–1993

Suffragan Bishop of Basingstoke, 1994–2001

Bishop in Europe, 2001–2013

Styles

Geoffrey Rowell Esq (1943–1968)

The Revd Geoffrey Rowell (1968–1981)

The Revd Canon Geoffrey Rowell (1981–1994)

The Rt Revd Geoffrey Rowell (1994–present)

References

Geoffrey Rowell Wikipedia

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