Robert Atwell

Robert Ronald Atwell (born 3 August 1954)^[4] is the current Anglican Bishop of Exeter, since the confirmation of his election on 30 April 2014.^[1]

Atwell was born in 1954 in Ilford, Essex,^[3] and educated at Wanstead High School, St John's College, Durham and Westcott House, Cambridge.^[5] He was ordained as a priest of the Church of England in 1979.^[6] His career began with a curacy at John Keble Church, Mill Hill,^[7] 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^[8] in Oxfordshire, and finally (before his elevation to the Episcopate) was Vicar of St Mary’s, Primrose Hill.^[9]

Atwell was consecrated at York Minster on 24 June 2008 and welcomed into the Diocese of Chester on 27 June 2008 at Chester Cathedral.^[2][10]

On 21 January 2014 it was announced that Atwell would be translated to be the Bishop of Exeter.^[11]

Styles

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

Notes

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Diocese of Exeter – Election of new Bishop of Exeter formally confirmed (Accessed 9 May 2014)
2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Community News Group — Stockport's new bishop announced
3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Diocese of Chester — Who's Who
4. ↑ Who's Who 2012 – STOCKPORT, Bishop Suffragan of
5. ↑ "'Essex boy' faces wait for seat in House of Lords". Mid Devon Gazette. 22 January 2014. 
6. ↑ Crockford's clerical directory 2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
7. ↑ Famous London church
8. ↑ Church Times Issue 7569 - 11 April, 2008
9. ↑ Stockport’s “A list” Bishop
10. ↑ Official announcement of appointment
11. ↑ http://www.exeter.anglican.org/index.cfm?page=news.story&newsid=638