Peter Eagles

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Peter Andrew Eagles, QHC (born July 6, 1959 ) is a British Anglican theologian . He has been Bishop of Sodor and Man in the Church of England since 2017 .

Life

education

Eagles, born to Peter Frank Eagles and Elizabeth Howie Eagles, attended the Royal Grammar School, a private boys' school ( Independent school ) in Guildford in the English county of Surrey . He majored in combination "Eastern European Studies" ( East European Studies ) at the School of Slavonic ; He also studied German and Russian at King's College, London , where he graduated in 1982 with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) and the Associateship of King's College (AKC).

From 1982 to 1986 Eagles was initially a teacher ( Assistant Master ) at the Tonbridge School, an independent school, in Tonbridge , Kent , and worked as a freelance translator on the side . In 1986 he entered St Stephen's House College, Oxford , an Anglo-Catholic theological college in preparation for his priesthood , and studied theology there .

Career

In 1989 he was in the St Paul's Cathedral by Bishop Graham Leonard for deacon ordained; In 1990 he was ordained a priest by Bishop Tom Butler . He began his priestly career from 1989 to 1992 as vicar ( curate ) at St Martin's Church, an Anglo-Catholic parish, in Ruislip in the Diocese of London .

Since 1992 he also worked as a military chaplain . In January 1992 Eagles joined the Royal Army Chaplains Department of the British Army as a chaplain ( Chaplain ) , where he was promoted several times in the following years. From 2007 to 2008 he was chaplain of the Royal Military Chapel ( Guards Chapel ), St. James Park, in the Wellington Barracks in London.

In January 2008 Eagles was promoted to military chaplain 1st Class ( Chaplain to the Forces 1st Class ) and appointed "Assistant Chaplain General". In July 2011 he was during a church service in the Lambeth Palace Chapel for Archdeacon of Armed Forces ( Archdeacon for the Army ), and thus the most senior Anglican chaplain in the British Army, levied. In this function he was also a member of the “Catholic Group” in the General Synod of the Church of England . From 2013 to 2014 he attended the Royal College of Defense Studies for further use . In July 2014 he was appointed "Deputy Chaplain General", and thus the highest deputy chaplain of the British Army. As a military chaplain, Eagles looked after units of the British armed forces in Great Britain, Germany and also units that were stationed in crisis areas in Iraq and Afghanistan . Eagles officially retired from the British Army in July 2017.

bishop

In May 2017, Eagles' appointment as Bishop of Sodor and Man in the Church of England was announced. He succeeded Robert Paterson , who retired in November 2016.

He was ordained bishop by Archbishop of York , John Sentamu , during a service in York Minster on June 22, 2017 . His enthronement took place on September 30, 2017 at Peel Cathedral in Peel, Isle of Man . As Bishop of Sodor and Man, he is also an ex officio member of the Legislative Council of Tynwald , the Manx Parliament. He took his seat at the same time as his inauguration.

Eagles, despite his Anglo-Catholic background, is a proponent of women's ordination ; he announced that he would also consecrate women to deaconess and priestess.

Honors and private matters

In 2013 he was made an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen (QHC) of Queen Elizabeth II . From 2015 he was Ehrenkanoniker ( Honorary Canon ) of Salisbury Cathedral .

In 1992 he married Gail Seager, whom he had met during his time as a parish vicar in Ruislip. The couple lived in a total of 14 different places over the next 25 years. The marriage resulted in a son who graduated from Balliol College in 2016 and was working for an advertising agency in Oxford at the time of Eagles' appointment as bishop.

Eagles' interests include European languages ​​and literature, intercultural learning , restoring an old, small house, hiking in the mountains and making music, especially baroque music ; Eagles himself plays the oboe .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d e f g The Queen has approved the nomination of the Venerable Peter Eagles for election as Bishop of Sodor and Man. , Official website at 10 Downing Street as of May 4, 2017. Accessed March 23, 2018.
  2. ↑ a b c d The Rt Rev Peter Andrew Eagles . Vita. Tynwald.org. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g Catholic Group army padre Peter Eagles to be Bishop of Sodor & Man . In: Church Times, May 4, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  4. ↑ ROYAL ARMY CHAPLAINS 'DEPARTMENT . In: London Gazette of February 2, 1998. Supplement: 55032. Page 1250.
  5. ↑ ROYAL ARMY CHAPLAINS 'DEPARTMENT . In: London Gazette of September 6, 2005. Supplement: 57747. Page 11453.
  6. ↑ ROYAL ARMY CHAPLAINS 'DEPARTMENT . In: London Gazette of May 27, 2008. Supplement: 58707. Page 7940.
  7. ^ Collation service for new Archdeacon for the Army . Official website of the Archbishop of Canterbury, July 28, 2011. Accessed March 23, 2018.
  8. ↑ COMMANDS AND STAFF . In: London Gazette of July 15, 2014. Supplement: 60932. Page 3.
  9. ↑ COMMANDS AND STAFF . In: London Gazette of July 11, 2017. Supplement: 61991. Page 13119.
  10. ^ Bishop of Sodor and Man Announced . Official website of the Diocese of Sodor and Man in the Church of England. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  11. ^ A b c d e Peter Eagles appointed new Isle of Man bishop . BBC News of May 4, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  12. ^ Bishop of Sodor and Man Robert Paterson to retire . BBC News of July 22, 2016. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  13. ↑ The Consecration of the Venerable Peter Eagles, June 22, 2017 . Official website of the Diocese of Sodor and Man in the Church of England. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  14. ^ Peter Eagles: New bishop of Sodor and Man installed at Peel Cathedral . BBC News of October 2, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2018.
  15. ^ Members of Tynwald . Retrieved March 23, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Eagles, Peter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Eagles, Peter Andrew (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British Anglican theologian
DATE OF BIRTH July 6, 1959