Stephen Cottrell

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Bishop Stephen Cottrell

Stephen Geoffrey Cottrell (born August 31, 1958 in Leigh-on-Sea , Essex , England ) is a British Bishop of the Church of England . He has been Diocesan Bishop of Chelmsford , Province of Canterbury, since October 7, 2010 . On December 17, 2019, he was named 98th Archbishop of York . He will take office in June 2020.

Life

After studying at the Polytechnic of Central London and at the Seminar St Stephen's House in Oxford 1985 he was ordained . He began his church career as a curate in the London borough of Forest Hill and at a church in Chichester . Immediately prior to his appointment as bishop, he was canon of the cathedral of Peterborough .

On January 6, 2004, his appointment as Bishop of Reading, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Oxford, was announced after his predecessor, Jeffrey John , an avowed LGBT activist, withdrew his nomination. On May 4th, 2004 he received the episcopal ordination , which was confirmed by a letters patent . After his appointment as Bishop of Chelmsford in the Province of Canterbury on March 22, 2010, he was transferred to the Diocese of Chelmsford on October 6, 2010 and installed in his office on November 27, 2010 at Chelmsford Cathedral . On February 10, 2014, in his capacity as Bishop of Chelmsford, he became a spiritual lord in the House of Lords . He was officially inducted into the House of Lords on March 25, 2014, with the assistance of Peter Robert Forster , Bishop of Chester , and Tim Stevens , Bishop of Leicester.

Cottrell is a member of the Affirming Catholicism movement , which defends Catholicism within the Anglican Church and supports a campaign for the ordination of women . He is married and has three children.

Fonts

  • Hit the Ground Kneeling: Seeing Leadership Differently (Church House Publishing, November 2008); ISBN 0-7151-4162-7
  • The Things He Carried (SPCK Publishing November 2008); ISBN 0-281-06080-0
  • Do Nothing ... Christmas is Coming: An Advent Calendar with a Difference (Church House Publishing, August 2008); ISBN 0-7151-4164-3
  • Do Nothing to Change Your Life: Discovering What Happens When You Stop (Church House Publishing, May 2007); ISBN 0-7151-4118-X
  • Abundance of the Heart: Catholic Evangelism for All Christians (Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd, May 2006); ISBN 0-232-52636-2
  • I Thirst: The Cross - The Great Triumph of Love (Zondervan Publishing House, January 2004); ISBN 0-310-25069-2
  • Praying through Life: How to Pray in the Home, at Work and in the Family (Church House Publishing; 2nd edition, November 2003); ISBN 0-7151-4010-8
  • On This Rock: Bible Foundations for Christian Living (The Bible Reading Fellowship, January 2003); ISBN 1-84101-238-6
  • Traveling Well: A Companion Guide to the Christian Faith (Church House Publishing, June 2000); ISBN 0-7151-4935-0
  • Catholic Evangelism (Affirming Catholicism) (Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd, March 1998); ISBN 0-232-52271-5
  • Sacrament, Wholeness and Evangelism: A Catholic Approach (Grove Books Ltd, February 1996); ISBN 1-85174-309-X

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Church of England press release: Bishop Stephen Cottrell to be the next Archbishop of York , December 17, 2019, accessed December 18, 2019.
  2. ↑ English: Translation
  3. ↑ The Bishop of Chelmsford on the side of the House of Lords
  4. ↑ Introduction: The Lord Bishop of Chelmsford Minutes of the House of Lords meeting of March 25, 2014
predecessor Office successor
Dominic Walker Bishop of Reading
2004-2010 		Andrew Proud
John Gladwin Bishop of Chelmsford
since 2010 		-
personal data
SURNAME Cottrell, Stephen
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Cottrell, Stephen Geoffrey
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English Anglican clergyman, Diocesan Bishop of Chelmsford, member of the House of Lords
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1958
PLACE OF BIRTH Leigh-on-Sea , Essex