Education
He was educated at Keble College, Oxford.
He was educated at Keble College, Oxford.
Ordained in 1967, he began his career with curacies in North East England after which he was: Priest in charge of Street Andrew"s, Gateshead. Rector of Washington, Tyne and Wear. And finally, before his elevation to the Episcopate, Archdeacon of Newark from 1992-1999.
After 7 years as the Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese of Derby he retired to Sheffield in 2006.