Robert Atwell

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.^[5] His career began with a curacy at John Keble Church, Mill Hill,^[6] 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^[7] in Oxfordshire, and finally (before his elevation to the Episcopate) was Vicar of St Mary’s, Primrose Hill.^[8]

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]

On 21 January 2014 it was announced that he would be translated to be Bishop of Exeter.^[9]

Styles

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

Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 Community News Group — Stockport's new bishop announced
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Diocese of Chester — Who's Who
3. ↑ Who's Who 2012 – STOCKPORT, Bishop Suffragan of
4. ↑ Official announcement of appointment
5. ↑ Crockford's clerical directory 2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
6. ↑ Famous London church
7. ↑ Church Times Issue 7569 - 11 April, 2008
8. ↑ Stockport’s “A list” Bishop
9. ↑ http://www.exeter.anglican.org/index.cfm?page=news.story&newsid=638