Paul Barber (bishop)

Paul Everard Barber (born 16 September 1935) was the inaugural Bishop of Brixworth.[1]

Paul Barber
Bishop of Brixworth
DioceseDiocese of Peterborough
In office1989–2001
SuccessorFrank White
Other postsHonorary assistant bishop in Bath & Wells (2001–present)
Archdeacon of Surrey (1980–1989)
Orders
Ordination1960 (deacon); 1961 (priest)
Consecration1989
Personal details
Born (1935-09-16) 16 September 1935
DenominationAnglican
ParentsCecil & Mollie
SpousePatricia Walford (m. 1959)
Children3 sons (1 d.); 2 daughters
Alma materSt John's College, Cambridge

Barber was educated at Sherborne School and St John’s College, Oxford. Ordained in the Church of England: made deacon on Trinity Sunday 1960 (12 June), by Ivor Watkins, Bishop of Guildford, at Holy Trinity Pro-Cathedral, Guildford[2] and ordained priest the Trinity Sunday following (28 May 1961), by George Reindorp, Bishop of Guildford, at Guildford Cathedral,[3] after a Curacy at St Francis, Westborough[4] he served as Vicar of Camberley with Yorktown before becoming Rural Dean of Farnham. This in turn led to his becoming Archdeacon of Surrey[5] and finally the first Bishop of Brixworth (sole suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Peterborough). He took up that See with his consecration as bishop by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, on 25 January 1989 at Westminster Abbey.[6] He retired after 12 years[7] to Street and is now an honorary assistant bishop within the Bath and Wells Diocese and a governor of Millfield School.[8]

References
  1. ‘BARBER, Rt Rev. Paul Everard’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 9 July 2012
  2. "Ordinations". Church Times (#5079). 17 June 1960. p. 15. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  3. "Trinity Ordination List". Church Times (#5129). 2 June 1961. p. 16. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  4. Parish details Archived 2011-07-17 at the Wayback Machine
  5. Debrett's People of Today: Ed Ellis,P: 1992, London, Debtrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2
  6. "In brief: Consecrations". Church Times (#6572). 27 January 1989. p. 3. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 12 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. Succession details
  8. Millfield role Archived 2008-06-21 at the Wayback Machine
Church of England titles
New title Bishop of Brixworth
1989–2001		 Succeeded by
Frank White
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