Peter R. Forster
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Peter Robert Forster (born 16 March 1950) is a British Anglican clergy and the current Bishop of Chester.
The son of Thomas and Edna Forster was educated at the Tudor Grange Grammar School for Boys, in Solihull and the Merton College, Oxford, where he received a Master of Arts in chemistry in 1973. At the Edinburgh University, Forster graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity in theology in 1977 and became a Doctor of Philosophy in 1985.
From 1980 to 1982, Forster was assistant curate of the Mossley Hill Parish Church in Liverpool. He was senior tutor at St John's College, Durham between 1983 and 1991, and became vicar of Beverley Minster in the following. In 1996, he was appointed 40th Bishop of Chester and became a Lord Spiritual at the House of Lords in 2001.[1]
Forster has been married to Married Elisabeth Anne Stevenson since 1978; they have two sons and two daughters.
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- ^ House of Lords (2001-11-14). Announcement of his introduction at the House of Lords. minutes of proceedings. Retrieved on 2006-11-20.
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Bishop of Chester 1996–Present |
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