Geoffrey Rowell
Appearance
Geoffrey Rowell | |
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Bishop in Europe | |
Diocese | Diocese in Europe |
In office | 2001–2013 |
Predecessor | John Hind |
Successor | Robert Innes |
Other posts | Bishop of Basingstoke (1994–2001) |
Orders | |
Ordination | Deacon 1968 Priest 1969 |
Consecration | 2 February 1994 by George Carey |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 February 1943 |
Died | 11 June 2017 | (aged 74)
Denomination | Anglican |
Residence | Church Road, Worth |
Alma mater | Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
Douglas Geoffrey Rowell (13 February 1943 – 11 June 2017) was an Anglican bishop. He served as Bishop of Basingstoke and then as the third Bishop in Europe until his retirement on 8 November 2013. Following his retirement he ministered as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Chichester (from 2013) and in the Diocese of Portsmouth (from 2015).
Rowell was born in Hampshire and died in the early morning of Trinity Sunday, 11 June 2017, in Worth, West Sussex, aged 74.[1][2]
References
[change | change source]- ↑ Innes, Robert (11 June 2017). "TRIBUTES TO BISHOP GEOFFREY ROWELL R.I.P." europe.anglican.org. The Diocese in Europe. Archived from the original on 16 June 2017. Retrieved 11 June 2017.
- ↑ Obituary: The Rt Revd Dr Douglas Geoffrey Rowell, Church Times, 30 June 2017
Other websites
[change | change source]- Anglicans in Istanbul, Letter to "the Times", 2 February 2007 (subscription required)