Michael Whinney

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The Rt Revd Michael Whinney MA(Cantab) STM (G.T.S New York)
Bishop of Southwell
Diocese	Diocese of Southwell
In office	1985–1988
Predecessor	Denis Wakeling
Successor	Patrick Harris
Other posts	Acting Bishop of Birmingham (2005–2006) Honorary assistant bishop in Birmingham (1995–present) Canon residentiary at Birmingham Cathedral (1992–1995) & assistant bishop in Birmingham (1988–1995) Bishop of Aston (1982–1985)
Orders
Ordination	c. 1957 (deacon); c. 1958 (priest)
Consecration	c. 1982
Personal details
Born	(1930-07-08) 8 July 1930
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Humphrey Whinney & Evelyn Low
Spouse	Veronica Webster (m. 1958)
Children	2 sons; 1 daughter
Alma mater	Pembroke College, Cambridge

Michael Humphrey Dickens Whinney is a Church of England bishop who served in two episcopal posts: he is also the great-great-grandson of Charles Dickens.^[1]

He was born in Chelsea, London on 8 July 1930 and educated at Charterhouse School and Pembroke College, Cambridge. He was ordained in 1957 after an earlier career as an accountant.^[2] His first ministry position was as a curate at Rainham after which he held two posts in Bermondsey, firstly as priest in charge of the Cambridge University Mission Settlement and later as the vicar of St James' with Christ Church.^[3] He became the Archdeacon of Southwark before being ordained to the episcopate in 1982 as the Bishop of Aston. After three years he was translated to be the Bishop of Southwell where he remained until 1988.^[4] In retirement he continues to serve as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Birmingham.

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Church of England titles
Preceded by Mark Green	Bishop of Aston 1982–1985	Succeeded by Colin Buchanan
Preceded by Denis Wakeling	Bishop of Southwell 1985–1988	Succeeded by Patrick Harris

v t e Bishops of Aston

Michael Parker David Porter Mark Green Michael Whinney Colin Buchanan John Austin Andrew Watson

v t e Bishops of Southwell

Bishops of Southwell	George Ridding Sir Edwyn Hoskyns Bt Bernard Heywood Henry Mosley Russell Barry Gordon Savage Denis Wakeling Michael Whinney Patrick Harris George Cassidy (became Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham)

Bishops of Southwell and Nottingham	George Cassidy (previously Bishop of Southwell) Paul Butler

v t e Bishops of Birmingham

Charles Gore Henry Wakefield Ernest Barnes Leonard Wilson Laurence Brown Hugh Montefiore Mark Santer John Sentamu Michael Whinney (Acting) David Urquhart

v t e Archdeacons in the Diocese of Southwark

Southwark	Samuel Cheetham John Richardson Samuel Taylor* Percy Herbert* Frederick Hawkes* William Gilpin* Havilland Sands Reginald Bazire Michael Whinney Wilfred Wood Douglas Bartles-Smith Michael Ipgrave Dianna Gwilliams (Acting) Jane Steen

Kingston	Charles Burney George Daniell William Hough Robert Joynt George Marten Nicol Anderson Percy Robb Bernard Jacob (became Archdeacon of Reigate)

Reigate	Bernard Jacob (previously Archdeacon of Kingston-upon-Thames) Peter Coombs Martin Baddeley Daniel Kajumba

Lewisham	Charles Escreet William Hough Arthur Preston Leslie Lang Robert Stannard Laurence Brown William Hayman Ivor Davies Clifford Lacey Gordon Kuhrt David Atkinson Christine Hardman (later of Lewisham and Greenwich) Alastair Cutting, Archdeacon of Lewisham and Greenwich

Wandsworth	Reginald Bazire Peter Coombs David Gerrard Stephen Roberts

Lambeth	Charles Pinder Dick Bird Nick Baines Chris Skilton Simon Gates (announced)

Bishop suffragan of Kingston-upon-Thames Bishop suffragan of Woolwich See also: Archdeacon of Croydon.*

Persondata
Name	Whinney, Michael Humphrey Dickens
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Southwell
Date of birth	8 July 1930
Place of birth
Date of death
Place of death

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