Bishops of Stafford - Michael Scott-Joynt, Bishop of Stafford, John Waine, Gordon Michael Scott-Joynt, Bishop of Stafford, John Waine, Gordon Mursell, Christopher Hill, Edward Ash Were, Douglas Crick Mursell, Christopher Hill, Edward Ash Were, Douglas Crick (Paperback)

Chapters: Michael Scott-Joynt, Bishop of Stafford, John Waine, Gordon Mursell, Christopher Hill, Edward Ash Were, Douglas Crick, Lionel Payne Crawfurd, Lempriere Durell Hammond, John Stevens Waller, Richard George Clitherow. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 33. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Michael Charles Scott-Joynt (born 15 March 1943) is an English ecclesiastic and prelate of the Order of the Garter. He was appointed Bishop of Winchester, one of the five senior bishoprics in the Church of England, in 1995. He had previously served as Bishop of Stafford in the Diocese of Lichfield from 1987 and before that as Canon Residentiary at St Albans. He was educated at Kings College, Cambridge (BA 1965, MA 1968) and Cuddesdon Theological College He was ordained as a deacon in 1967 and priest of the Church of England in 1968. He was Curate at Cuddesdon, 196770 and a Tutor at Cuddesdon College 196771; he then served as Chaplain of Cuddesdon 197172. He was Team Vicar of Newbury, 197275; Priest-in-charge at Caversfield 197579; then at Bicester 197579; and then at Bucknell 197679. He was Rector of the Bicester Area Team Ministry, 197981; Rural Dean of Bicester and Islip, 197681; Canon Residentiary of St Albans, 198287; and Director of Ordinands and In-Service Training in the Diocese of St Albans, 198287. He was Suffragan Bishop of Stafford, 198795 before being appointed to his current position as Bishop of Winchester in 1995. He married, in 1965, Louise White, and they have two sons and one daughter. He has attracted note for some of his more outspoken opinions. His Christmas Day sermon of 2001 was titled "This Terror Is a Judgment upon Us." In it, he called the events of 11 September, "cruelly evil as they were," a judgment upon the developed nations' promotion of their own standard of l...More: http: //booksllc.net/?id=281004