Paul Barber (bishop)

Paul Everard Barber (born 16 September 1935) was the inaugural Bishop of Brixworth.

Barber was educated at Sherborne School and St John’s College, Oxford. Ordained deacon in 1960 and priest in 1961, after a Curacy at St Francis, Westborough he served as Vicar of Camberley with Yorktown before becoming Rural Dean of Farnham. This in turn led to his becoming Archdeacon of Surrey and finally to the Episcopate. He retired after 12 years to Street and is now an honorary assistant bishop within the Bath and Wells Diocese and a governor of Millfield School.