Edward Roberts (bishop)

Edward James Keymer Roberts (18 April 1908 – 29 July 2001) was an Anglican bishop who held three separate episcopal appointments between 1956 and 1977.^[1]

Roberts was educated at Marlborough and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge and ordained priest in 1932.^[2] After a curacy at All Saints, Margaret Street^[3] in central London and four years as Vice Principal of Cuddesdon, he was to spend a long period in the Diocese of Portsmouth as successively examining chaplain to the bishop, vicar of St Matthew’s Southsea, Archdeacon of the Isle of Wight (1948–52) and Archdeacon of Portsmouth before being ordained to the episcopate in 1956.^[4] After six years in Wiltshire, he was translated to be the Bishop of Kensington in 1962 and again, two years later, to be the Bishop of Ely. In 1977 he retired to his former Isle of Wight parish where he died on 29 June 2001, aged 93.

References

↑ Who's Who (1992). A & C Black. ISBN 0-7136-3514-2.
↑ Crockford's clerical directory (1975). Church House Publishing. ISBN 0-19-200008-X.
↑ "All Saints Margaret Street". Retrieved 17 November 2008.
↑ "New Bishop Of Malmesbury". The Times. 25 July 1956. p. 10; Issue 53592; col F.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Ivor Watkins	Bishop of Malmesbury 1956 – 1962	Succeeded by Jim Bishop
Preceded by Cyril Easthaugh	Bishop of Kensington 1962 – 1964	Succeeded by Ronald Goodchild
Preceded by Noel Hudson	Bishop of Ely 1964 – 1977	Succeeded by Peter Walker

Bishops of Malmesbury and of Swindon

Malmesbury	Ronald Ramsay Ivor Watkins Edward Roberts Jim Bishop Freddy Temple Peter Firth

Swindon	Michael Doe Lee Rayfield

Bishops of Kensington

Frederick Ridgeway John Maud Bertram Simpson Henry Montgomery Campbell Cyril Easthaugh Edward Roberts Ronald Goodchild (became first area bishop)

Area bishops	Ronald Goodchild Mark Santer John Hughes Michael Colclough Paul Williams

Bishops of Ely

High Medieval	Hervey le Breton Nigel Geoffrey Ridel William Longchamp Eustace Robert of York John of Fountains Geoffrey de Burgh Hugh of Northwold William of Kilkenny Hugh de Balsham John Kirkby William of Louth John Salmon/John Langton Ralph Walpole

Late Medieval	Robert Orford John Ketton John Hotham Simon Montacute Thomas de Lisle Simon Langham John Barnet Thomas Arundel John Fordham Philip Morgan Lewis of Luxembourg Thomas Bourchier William Grey John Morton John Alcock

Early modern	Richard Redman James Stanley Nicholas West Thomas Goodrich Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Martin Heton Lancelot Andrewes Nicholas Felton John Buckeridge Francis White Matthew Wren Benjamin Lany Peter Gunning Francis Turner Simon Patrick John Moore William Fleetwood Thomas Green Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Matthias Mawson Edmund Keene James Yorke

Late modern	Thomas Dampier Bowyer Sparke Joseph Allen Thomas Turton Harold Browne Thomas Browne Lord Alwyne Compton Frederic Chase Leonard White-Thomson Bernard Heywood Edward Wynn Noel Hudson Edward Roberts Peter Walker Stephen Sykes Anthony Russell

Archdeacons in the Diocese of Portsmouth

Isle of Wight	Francis McDougall Henry Haigh James Macarthur, Bishop of Southampton Lewen Tugwell Robert McKew Hampton Weekes Edward Roberts Alexander Cory Geoffrey Tiarks Ron Scruby Freddie Carpenter Tony Turner Mervyn Banting Trevor Reader Caroline Baston Peter Sutton

Portsmouth (until 1999) & Portsdown (since 1999)	Neville Lovett Harold Rodgers Harold Hyde-Lees Arthur Kitching Edward Roberts Michael Peck Geoffrey Tiarks Christopher Prior Ron Scruby Norman Crowder Graeme Knowles Christopher Lowson (became Archdeacon of Portsdown) Christopher Lowson, Archdeacon of Portsdown Trevor Reader, Archdeacon of Portsdown Joanne Grenfell, Archdeacon of Portsdown

The Meon	Peter Hancock Gavin Collins

Archdeacons in the Diocese of Portsmouth

Isle of Wight	Francis McDougall Henry Haigh James Macarthur, Bishop of Southampton Lewen Tugwell Robert McKew Hampton Weekes Edward Roberts Alexander Cory Geoffrey Tiarks Ron Scruby Freddie Carpenter Tony Turner Mervyn Banting Trevor Reader Caroline Baston Peter Sutton

Portsmouth (until 1999) & Portsdown (since 1999)	Neville Lovett Harold Rodgers Harold Hyde-Lees Arthur Kitching Edward Roberts Michael Peck Geoffrey Tiarks Christopher Prior Ron Scruby Norman Crowder Graeme Knowles Christopher Lowson (became Archdeacon of Portsdown) Christopher Lowson, Archdeacon of Portsdown Trevor Reader, Archdeacon of Portsdown Joanne Grenfell, Archdeacon of Portsdown

The Meon	Peter Hancock Gavin Collins