Edward Holland (bishop)

The Rt Rev Edward Holland, AKC was an eminent Anglican Bishop in the last decades of the 20th Century and the very start of the 21st. He was born on 28 June 1936 [1] and educated at Dauntsey's School and King's College London. After ordination he was Curate at Holy Trinity, Dartford and then John Keble, Mill Hill.[2] Following this he was Precentor at Gibraltar Cathedral, a Chaplain in Naples and finally (before elevation to the Episcopate) Vicar of St Mark’s, Bromley. In 1986 he was appointed Anglican Suffragan Bishop in Europe [3] and nine years later was translated to a similar post at Colchester. In retirement he continues to serve the Church as an Assistant Bishop.[4]

Church of England titles
Preceded by
Ambrose Walter Marcus Weekes
Anglican Suffragan Bishop in Europe
1986 – 1995
Succeeded by
Henry William Scriven
Preceded by
Michael Edwin Vickers
Bishop of Colchester
1995 – 2001
Succeeded by
Christopher Heudebourck Morgan

Notes

  1. ^ Debrett's People of Today London,2008 Debrett's, ISBN 9781870520959
  2. ^ Church web-site
  3. ^Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0713635142)
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 9780715110300