Anglican Suffragan Bishops in the Diocese of Chester - Bishops of Birkenhead, Bishops of Stockport, David Andrew Urbishops of Birkenhead, Bishops of Stockport, David Andrew Urquhart, Michael Langrish Quhart, Michael Langrish (Paperback)

Purchase includes free access to book updates online and a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Chapters: Bishops of Birkenhead, Bishops of Stockport, David Andrew Urquhart, Michael Langrish, Bishop of Stockport, William Nigel Stock, Eric Arthur John Mercer, Bishop of Birkenhead, Robert Ronald Atwell, Frank Pilkington Sargeant, Gordon Sinclair, Frank Jackson Okell, David Henry Saunders-Davies, Rupert Gordon Strutt, Ronald Brown, Geoffrey Martin Turner. Excerpt: David Andrew Urquhart (born 1952) is the ninth Bishop of Birmingham. Urquhart was educated at Rugby School and Ealing College Business School (BA 1970). After a career in commercial management with British Petroleum, Urquhart trained for the ministry at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford. He was ordained in 1984 and served in Hull before becoming Vicar of Holy Trinity Church, Coventry in 1992. He was appointed Suffragan Bishop of Birkenhead in the Diocese of Chester in 2000. His appointment as Bishop of Birmingham was announced in 2006, and he was enthroned on November 11, 2006, succeeding John Sentamu after his appointment as Archbishop of York. 800 people witnessed his enthronement in Birmingham Cathedral, while some of those unable to attend the service watched on television in a local pub, The Old Joint Stock. At his enthronement the bishop was presented with a cope which incorporated various images related to his life and the city of Birmingham. These included a bagpiper, signifying his birth and upbringing in Scotland, a motorcycle which represents one of his hobbies and the emblems of Aston Villa and Birmingham City FC, the two most successful football teams from the city. The cope also features a passage from the Bible, which reads "You shall be called the repairer of the breach, the restorer of the streets to dwell in." (Isaiah 58:12). The passage was written in English, Mandarin, Hebrew and... More: http://booksllc.net/?id=8519248