Simon Burrows

The Rt Revd
Simon Burrows
MA(Cantab)
Bishop of Buckingham
Diocese Diocese of Oxford
In office 1974–1994
Predecessor Christopher Pepys
Successor Colin Bennetts
Other posts Area bishop of Buckinngham (1984–1994)
Honorary assistant bishop in Winchester (1994–present)
Orders
Ordination c. 1954 (deacon); c. 1955 (priest)
Consecration 1974
Personal details
Born 8 November 1928
Denomination Anglican
Parents Hedley & Joan Lovett
Spouse Janet Woodd (m. 1960)
Children 2 sons; 3 daughters
Alma mater King's College, Cambridge

Simon Hedley Burrows (born 8 November 1928)[1] was the Bishop of Buckingham from 1974 to 1994 and the first area bishop under the diocesan area scheme of 1984.

He was educated at Eton and King's College, Cambridge before a curacy at St John's Wood, after which he was Chaplain of Jesus College, Cambridge.[2] Following this he was Vicar of Wyken and then (his final appointment before his ordination to the episcopate[3]) of Holy Trinity Fareham.[4] In retirement he continues to serve as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Winchester

Burrows was the grandson of Leonard Burrows (Bishop of Sheffield) and Neville Lovett (Bishop of Salisbury)[5] and son of Hedley Burrows (Dean of Hereford).[6]

References

  1. ↑ Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
  2. ↑ “Crockford's clerical directory, 1995” (Lambeth,Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
  3. ↑ ”Debrett's People of Today 1992” (London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
  4. ↑ Parish Web Site
  5. ↑ ‘BURROWS, Very Rev. Hedley Robert’, Who Was Who, A & C Black, 1920–2008; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2007 , accessed 30 June 2012
  6. ↑ ‘BURROWS, Rt Rev. Simon Hedley’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 30 June 2012
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Christopher Pepys		 Bishop of Buckingham
1974–1994 		Succeeded by
Colin Bennetts