Robert Atwell

Robert Ronald Atwell (born 1954) is the current Anglican Bishop of Stockport.^[3]

Atwell was born in 1954 in Ilford, Essex,^[2] and educated at the St John's College, Durham and Westcott House, Cambridge. He was ordained as a priest of the Church of England in 1979.^[4] His career began with a curacy at John Keble Church, Mill Hill,^[5] after which he was chaplain of Trinity College, Cambridge from 1981 to 1987. He then spent ten years as a Benedictine monk at Burford Priory^[6] in Oxfordshire, and finally (before his elevation to the Episcopate) was Vicar of St Mary’s, Primrose Hill.^[7]

Bishop Robert was consecrated at York Minster on 24 June 2008^[1] and welcomed into the Diocese on 27 June 2008 at Chester Cathedral.^[1]

Styles

• Robert Atwell Esq (1954–1978)
• The Revd Robert Atwell (1978–2008)
• The Rt Revd Robert Atwell (2008—

Notes

1. ^ ^{a b c d e} Community News Group — Stockport's new bishop announced
2. ^ ^{a b} Diocese of Chester — Who's Who
3. ^ Official announcement of appointment
4. ^ Crockford's clerical directory 2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 9780715110300
5. ^ Famous London church
6. ^ Church Times Issue 7569 - 11 April, 2008
7. ^ Stockport’s “A list” Bishop