Stephen Pedley

Geoffrey Stephen Pedley (known as Stephen;[2] born 13 September 1940[3]) was the Bishop suffragan of Lancaster from 1998 until 2005.[4]


Stephen Pedley
Bishop of Lancaster
DioceseDiocese of Blackburn
In office1998–2005
PredecessorJack Nicholls
SuccessorGeoff Pearson
Other postsHonorary assistant bishop in Newcastle (2005–present)
Honorary Chaplain to the Queen (1984–1998)
Orders
Ordinationc.1966
Consecration20 March 1998[1]
Personal details
Born (1940-09-13) 13 September 1940
DenominationAnglican
ParentsGeoffrey Knight & Muriel Pedley
SpouseMary Macdonald (m. 1970)
Children2 sons; 1 daughter
Alma materQueens' College, Cambridge

He was educated at Marlborough and Queens' College, Cambridge.[5] Ordained in 1966 after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon he began his career with curacies in Liverpool and Coventry before a spell in Zambia. Returning to England in 1977 he became Vicar of St Peter's, Stockton-on-Tees [6] and then Whickham before becoming a Residentiary Canon at Durham Cathedral,[7] a post he held until his elevation to the Episcopate.

References

  1. Lancaster Priory Timeline – 1998 (Accessed 26 April 2014)
  2. Church Times — Gazette 9 September 2005
  3. Burkes’s Peerage details
  4. Resignation details Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  6. Who's Who (Ibid)
  7. Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 9780715110300)
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Jack Nicholls
Anglican Bishop of Lancaster
1998–2005
Succeeded by
Geoff Pearson


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