George Cassidy (bishop)

The Rt Revd George Cassidy BSc MPhil^[1]
Bishop of Southwell (later Southwell and Nottingham)
Diocese	Diocese of Southwell (later Southwell and Nottingham)
In office	1999–31 August 2009
Predecessor	Rt Revd Patrick Harris
Successor	Rt Revd Paul Butler
Other posts	Archdeacon of London 1987–1999
Orders
Ordination	1972
Consecration	1999
Personal details
Born	(1942-10-17) 17 October 1942
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Joseph Abram Cassidy & Ethel McDonald
Spouse	Jane Barling Stevens m. 1966
Children	2 daughters
Alma mater	Queen's University, Belfast

George Henry Cassidy (born 17 October 1942) is a British Anglican bishop and the most recent Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham.^[2]

The son of Joseph Abram Cassidy and Ethel McDonald, Cassidy was educated at Belfast High School and Queen's University, Belfast, where he received a Bachelor of Science degree in politics and economics in 1965. He was further educated in University College, London (where he graduated with a Master of Philosophy degree in 1967) and at Oak Hill Theological College, London. He was ordained in 1972.^[3]

Cassidy worked as planning officer in the Ministry of Development of Northern Ireland from 1967 to 1968 and in the Department of Lands and Settlements, Kenya from 1968 to 1970. From 1972 to 1975 he was curate of Christ Church, Clifton, from 1975 to 1982 the vicar of St Edyth's, Sea Mills and of St Paul's, Portman Square, London from 1982 to 1987. From 1987 to 1999, he was an archdeacon and a canon residentiary of St Paul's Cathedral. Having been appointed the 10th Bishop of Southwell in 1999, in 2005 the territorial designation of Nottingham was added to his position. On 9 May 2008, it was announced that Cassidy would retire,^[4] and, in July 2009, he formally retired.

Cassidy spent much of his time in the House of Lords, where he voted against the Equality Act in early 2007. He was also one of the rebel bishops who signed a letter against Rowan Williams' decision not to block the appointment of Jeffrey John as Bishop of Reading in 2003. The other diocesan bishop signatories (referred to by their opponents, since there were nine, as the Nazgûl) were: Michael Scott-Joynt (Bishop of Winchester), Michael Langrish (Exeter), Michael Nazir-Ali (Rochester), Peter Forster (Chester), James Jones (Liverpool), Graham Dow (Carlisle), John Hind (Chichester) and David James (Bradford).^[5]

Regarded as a conservative Evangelical, Cassidy is noted for his strong opposition to the ordination of openly gay priests.

Since 1966, Cassidy has been married to Jane Barling Stevens; they have two daughters.^[6]

References

↑ Number 10 – Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham (archived)
↑ DodOnline
↑ Crockfords On-line accessed 31 May 2008]
↑ Diocese of Southwell — Bishop of Southwell & Nottingham to retire...
↑ Frost's Meditations – Nazir-Ali
↑ Who's Who2008 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8

Archdeacons of London

High Medieval	Edward Reinger William de Beaumis Hugh de Mareni Nicholas Peter de Waltham Alard de Burnham Peter of Blois Walter Gilbert de Plesseto William of Sainte-Mère-Eglise Geoffrey de Lucy William de Rising Peter de Newport John Chishull William Passemer Geoffrey de Mortuo Mari Richard Swinefield Robert de Ros Richard de Gravesend

Late Medieval	John de Bedford John de Sancto Claro Peter de Dene Bego de Cavomonte Reginald de Sancto Albano Hélie de Talleyrand-Périgord Richard de Aston Pontius de Podio Barzaco Itherius de Concoreto Edmund Howard John of Thoresby Richard Kilvington Peter Cardinal du Cros James de Beaufort John Barnet Fortanerius Vassalli, Patriarch of Grado Adam de Hertington Thomas Baketon Thomas Stowe Reginald Kentwood John Snell Richard Moresby William Fallan Richard Martyn John de Gigliis John Forster Pedro de Ayala William Horsey John Young, suffragan bishop Geoffrey Wharton William Clyff Thomas Bedyll Richard Gwent

Early modern	Edward Moylle John Wymmesley John Harpsfield John Mullins Theophilus Aylmer Thomas Paske John Dolben Thomas Lamplugh Edward Stillingfleet Thomas Tenison William Stanley Robert Tyrwhit Edward Cobden John Jortin Anthony Hamilton Richard Beadon William Bingham Joseph Pott William Hale

Late modern	Piers Claughton Edwin Gifford William Sinclair Ernest Holmes Ernest Sharpe Oswin Gibbs-Smith George Appleton Martin Sullivan Sam Woodhouse Frank Harvey George Cassidy Peter Delaney David Meara Nick Mercer Luke Miller Rosemary Lain-Priestley, Associate Archdeacon

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 Tony Porter (Acting) Richard Inwood (Acting) Tony Porter (Acting) Paul Williams

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