Gordon Mursell

Gordon Mursell

Alfred Gordon Mursell is a former suffragan Bishop of Stafford in the Church of England.[1]

Mursell was born on 4 May 1949 and educated at Ardingly College and Brasenose College, Oxford.[2] Ordained in 1974 he began his career with a curacy at St Mary Walton, Liverpool [3] and was then successively Vicar of St John's East Dulwich, a tutor at Wells Theological College, Team Rector of Stafford (1991–1999), Provost (1999–2000) and then Dean of Birmingham Cathedral (2000–2005) [4] before his ordination to the episcopate[5] as the suffragan Bishop of Stafford - a post he vacated in June 2010. A prolific author,[6] he is also a keen hill walker.[7]

Publications

  • The Theology of the Carthusian Life (1988)
  • Out of the Deep (1989)
  • The Wisdom of the Anglo-Saxons (1996)
  • English Spirituality (2001)

Styles

  • Gordon Mursell (1949–1974)
  • The Revd Gordon Mursell (1974–1999)
  • The Very Revd Gordon Mursell (1999–2005)
  • The Rt Revd Gordon Mursell (2005–present)

References

  1. ^ Crockfords Online - accessed 9 March 2008, 19:37
  2. ^ Who’s Who 2008 (London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
  3. ^ Crockford’s clerical directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0108153674
  4. ^ BBC News Reporting his appointment to the Suffragan See of Stafford
  5. ^ Official notification
  6. ^ His works include Out of the Deep: prayer as protest,(1989) The Wisdom of the Anglo-Saxons (1997) and English Spirituality (2001)
  7. ^ Who’s Who (ibid)
Church of England titles
Preceded by
Peter Austin Berry
Dean of Birmingham Cathedral
1999 –2005
Succeeded by
Robert Wilkes
Preceded by
Christopher Hill
Bishop of Stafford
2005 – 2010
Succeeded by
Geoff Annas