Christopher Mayfield

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Christopher John Mayfield (born December 18, 1935 in Plymouth ) is a British Anglican theologian . He was Bishop of Manchester in the Church of England from 1993 to 2002 .

Mayfield was the son of Dr. Roger Mayfield and his wife Muriel Mayfield were born. He grew up in Worcester . He attended Sedbergh School in Sedbergh in the county of Cumbria . He studied Engineering (Mechanical Sciences) at Gonville and Caius College of Cambridge University . After graduating, he initially taught engineering in the Royal Air Force for four years . In 1963 he was ordained a deacon ; In 1964 he was ordained a priest . He began his priestly career from 1963 to 1967 as Vicar ( Curate ) at St Martin's in the Bull Ring Church in Birmingham . From 1967 to 1971 he was a lecturer ( lecturer ) at St Martin's in the Bull Ring Church. He was then from 1971 to 1980 pastor ( vicar ) at St Mary's Church in Luton . At the same time he was pastor ( Vicar ) of East Hyde from 1971 to 1976 . In 1974 he became Country Dean ( Rural Dean ) Luton. He held this office until 1979. From 1979 to 1985 he worked as Archdeacon of Bedford (Archdeacon of Bedford). In 1985 he was ordained a bishop . From 1985 to 1993 he was as "Bishop of Wolverhampton" Suffragan Bishop in the Diocese of Lichfield in the Church of England. In 1993 he became Bishop of Manchester in the Church of England , succeeding Stanley Booth-Clibborn . In 2002 he retired. He was succeeded as Bishop of Manchester on October 1, 2002 by Nigel McCulloch . After his retirement, he served since 2002 as Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Worcester. Mayfield belonged to the Church of England to the supporters of the ordination of women .

In 1962 he married his wife Caroline Roberts. The marriage had three children, two sons and a daughter. His hobbies and leisure activities include marriage , missionary work and evangelicalism , walking and cricket .

Membership in the House of Lords

Mayfield served in his capacity as Bishop of Manchester from November 1997 until his retirement as Bishop of Manchester in late September 2002 as Spiritual Lord of the House of Lords .

A total of 17 contributions by Mayfield from 1998, 2000, 2001 and 2002 are documented in Hansard . He spoke for the first time on July 1, 1998 in the context of a debate on development aid . On September 24, 2002, shortly before the end of his term in office, he last spoke out in a debate on the Iraq war .

Web links

Individual evidence

  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. ^ Church news: New Bishop of Wolverhampton in: The Times ; July 31, 1985, page 14, issue 62204. Column D
  5. ^ New bishop announced in: The Independent, December 23, 1992
  6. ^ New Bishop of Manchester in: The Daily Telegraph, August 12, 2002
  7. ↑ a b c MAYFIELD, Rt Rev Christopher John in: The International Who's Who 2004 . Page 1115. Europa Publications Limited 2003. ISBN 1-85743-217-7 .
  8. ^ Indebted Poor Countries Wording of the speech of July 1, 1998
  9. ↑ Iraq Text of the speech of September 24, 2002.
predecessor Office successor
Barry Rogerson Bishop of Wolverhampton
1985-1993 		Michael Bourke
Stanley Booth-Clibborn Bishop of Manchester
1993–2002 		Nigel McCulloch
personal data
SURNAME Mayfield, Christopher
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mayfield, Christopher John (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British theologian; Bishop of Manchester
DATE OF BIRTH December 18, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Plymouth , England, UK