In office 2002–present Name Tony Robinson Ordination 1983 | Nationality British Spouse Sue (wife) Role Bishop of Pontefract Consecration December 6, 2002 | |
Residence Pontefract House, Wakefield Diocese Leeds, Diocese of Wakefield | ||
Anthony William "Tony" Robinson (born 25 April 1956) is the area Bishop of Wakefield in the Diocese of Leeds.
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Early life and education
Robinson was educated at Bedford Modern School. He trained for the priesthood at Salisbury and Wells Theological College.
Ordained ministry
Robinson was ordained in 1983. His ministry began with a curacy at St Paul's, Tottenham. He was then Rural Dean of North Leicester. He served as the Archdeacon of Pontefract from 1997 to 2002.
Robinson was consecrated to the episcopate on 6 December 2002. From 2002 until the creation of the Diocese of Leeds in 2014, Robinson was suffragan Bishop of Pontefract in the Diocese of Wakefield; upon the dissolution of the Wakefield diocese and the erection of the Leeds diocese, Robinson became area bishop for the Wakefield area. His title remained Bishop of Pontefract until that see was translated to Wakefield (i.e. the title changed to Bishop of Wakefield) by Order in Council of 19 March 2015.
Robinson is the patron of Street Angels — Christian Nightlife Initiatives, a post held since 2010. As of late March 2014 he is the only bishop in the Church of England to have voted in his diocesan synod against new legislation which could enable women to become bishops. In 2014, he became chairman of Forward in Faith, an Anglican movement that promotes "catholic order and the catholic doctrine of the Sacraments, and in particular the threefold ministry in historic succession, which the Church of England". He is Chairman of the Council of Bishops of The Society.