Christopher Mayfield
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Christopher Mayfield
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Bishop of Manchester | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Manchester |
In office | c. 1993 – 2002 (retirement) |
Predecessor | Stanley Booth-Clibborn |
Successor | Nigel McCulloch |
Other post(s) |
Honorary
assistant bishop
in the
Diocese of Worcester
(2002–present)
Bishop of Wolverhampton (1985–1993 ( area bishop : 1992–1993)) Archdeacon of Bedford (1980–1985) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1964 |
Consecration | 1985 |
Personal details | |
Born |
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1935-12-18
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18 December 1935
(age
87)
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Denomination | Anglican |
Alma mater | Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge |
Christopher John Mayfield (born 18 December 1935 [1] ) is a retired Anglican bishop of the Church of England .
Mayfield was born in Plymouth but grew up in Worcester and was educated at Sedbergh School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge , where he read Mechanical Sciences. After four years teaching engineering in the Royal Air Force he was ordained in 1964 and became a curate at St Martin's in the Bull Ring, Birmingham . [2] He was then a lecturer at the same church before becoming the Vicar of Luton .
He was appointed the Rural Dean of Luton in 1974 [3] and then the Archdeacon of Bedford (1979–1985) before his appointment to the episcopate as the Bishop of Wolverhampton in 1985. [4] He was consecrated as a bishop on 30 November 1985, by Robert Runcie , Archbishop of Canterbury , at St Paul's Cathedral . [5] He was translated in 1993 to be Bishop of Manchester and retired in 2002. He currently ministers as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Worcester .
References
- ↑ Who's Who 1992 (London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2 )
- ↑ Crockford's clerical directory , 1995 (Lambeth, Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6 )
- ↑ Debrett's People of Today 1992 (London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2
- ↑ The Times , 31 July 1985; pg. 14; Issue 62204; col D, Church news New Bishop of Wolverhampton
- ↑ "picture caption" . Church Times . No. 6408. 6 December 1985. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X . Retrieved 1 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
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Bishop of Wolverhampton
1985–1993 |
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Bishop of Manchester
1993–2002 |
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