Christopher Herbert

Christopher William Herbert (born January 7, 1944 in Lydney in the Forest of Dean ) is a British Anglican theologian and former Bishop of St Albans .

life and career

Coming from a forwarding family, he studied theology and philosophy at the University of Wales in Lampeter (-1965), the Konvikt in Wells (-1967) and graduated from the University of Bristol after graduating from school in Monmouth (1954–1962) . After his ordination in 1967 he was curate and assistant teacher in Tupsley Hereford (1967–1971). After his work as an advisor in religious education (1971-1976) and as director of education for the Diocese of Hereford (1976-1981), he was vicar (1981-1990) in a town near Farnham in Surrey . In 1990 he became ministerial director, archdeacon of Dorking, and canon of honor of Guildford Cathedral . In 1995 he was called to be Bishop of St. Albans .

During his tenure as diocesan bishop, he served as chairman of the Council of Christians and Jews in Great Britain. Sitting in the House of Lords since 1999 , his main field of activity was health and medical ethics . He was a member of a selection committee that collected and questioned proposals to amend the law on euthanasia and assisted suicide . In 2008 he received his doctoral degree PhD at the University of Leicester .

On his 65th birthday, he resigned from his office as bishop. He is married and has two grown sons. On an honorary note, he still serves as bishops' representative in Guildford, Chichester, Salisbury and Winchester.

Honors

• Honorary Doctorate from the University of Hertfordshire (2003)
• Honorary Doctor of Bedfordshire (2008)
• Honorary Citizen of Fano (Marche) (2008)
• Honorary Chairman of the Council of Christians and Jews in the UK (2009)

Works

• The new creation: a dramatic project for integrated studies (Religious Education Press, 1971) ISBN 0-08-016601-6
• A place to dream - a new way of looking at churches and cathedrals , with John Hencher (Church Information Office, 1976) ISBN 0-7151-0352-0
• St Paul's: a place to dream - a new way of looking at St Paul's Cathedral (Friends of St Paul's, 1982) ISBN 0-902566-01-6
• The Edge of Wonder (anthology) (Church Information Office, 1981) ISBN 0-7151-4750-1
• Listening to children: a fresh approach to religious education in the primary years , with Mary Ellison (Church Information Office, 1983) ISBN 0-7151-0412-8
• On the Road (Beginnings) ( Bible Society , 1984) ISBN 0-564-07053-X
• Be Thou My Vision: Diary of Prayer ( Collins , 1985) ISBN 0-00-599888-3
• This Most Amazing Day (anthology) (Church House Publishing, 1986) ISBN 0-7151-0431-4
• The Question of Jesus , with Colin Alves and Alan Dale (Church House Publishing, 1987) ISBN 0-7151-0434-9
• Alive to God (Collins, 1987) ISBN 0-00-599998-7
• Ways Into Prayer (Church House Publishing, 1987) ISBN 0-7151-0445-4
• Help in Your Bereavement (Collins, 1988.) ISBN 0-00-599971-5
• Prayers for Children (anthology) ( National Society for Promoting Religious Education , 1993) ISBN 0-7151-4816-8
• Pocket Prayers (anthology) (Church House Publishing, 1993) ISBN 0-7151-4039-6
• The Prayer Garden: an anthology of children's prayers (HarperCollins, 1994) ISBN 0-551-02812-2
• Words of Comfort (anthology) (National Society / Church House Publishing, 1994) ISBN 0-7151-4941-5
• A Little Prayer Diary (Reissue of Be Thou My Vision ) (HarperCollins, 1996) ISBN 0-00-628019-6
• Pocket Prayers for Children (anthology, illustrations by Christina Forde) (National Society / Church House Publishing, 1999) ISBN 0-7151-4911-3
• English Easter Sepulchres: the history of an idea (PhD thesis, University of Leicester , 2007) ISBN 978-0-7151-4039-0
• Pocket Prayers: the classic collection (anthology) (Church House Publishing, 2009) ISBN 0-7151-4193-7
• Pocket Prayers for Commuters (anthology) (Church House Publishing, 2009) ISBN 0-7151-4194-5

Web links

• Biography on threeabbeys.org

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Alexandra Barham: Bishop Christopher Herbert bids farewell. In: St Albans & Harpenden Review. November 10, 2008, accessed April 20, 2018 . 

predecessor	Office	successor
John Bernard Taylor	Bishop of Saint Albans 1995–2009	Alan Smith