Anthony Russell (bishop)

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St Chad's College, Durham

Anthony John Russell (born 25 January 1943) is a retired

area bishop in the Diocese of Oxford
from 1988.

Early life

Russell was educated at

St Chad's College, Durham (he gained a Bachelor of Arts {BA} degree) and Trinity College, Oxford, where he earned a Doctor of Philosophy
(DPhil) degree. He studied for ordination at Ripon College Cuddesdon.

Ecclesiastical career

Russell was made a deacon during

canon theologian of Coventry Cathedral
. From 1973 to 1982 he was chaplain of the Arthur Rank Centre and its director from 1983 to 1988.

From 1983 to 1988 Russell served as a

Bishop Suffragan of Dorchester in the Diocese of Oxford[5] and was consecrated on 2 February 1988 by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey;[6] before being nominated as the Bishop of Ely in 2000.[7]
Russell initiated proceedings in the church courts against the Vicar of Trumpington, Tom Ambrose. He retired on 28 February 2010.[8]

Works and personal life

Russell has published a number of books, especially on the role of the church in the countryside. These include The Country Parson (1993), The Country Parish (1986) and The Clerical Profession (1980). He is a leading spokesman for the church on rural and farming matters.

Russell, as a keen horseman, upon appointment as area Bishop of Dorchester, changed his Oxfordshire episcopal residence in order to secure suitable stabling.

Other positions

  • Member of the Rural Development Commission and was the Archbishops' Commissioner on Rural Areas.
  • Vice president of the Royal Agricultural Society.
  • RASE President from 2004 to 2005.
  • President of the East of England Agricultural Society from 2007 to 2008.
    • He was made a fellow of the Royal Agricultural Societies in 2008.
  • Governing council of Radley College.
  • President of the Woodard Corporation, a federation of 44 Anglican schools in the private and maintained sectors.
  • Member of the Rural Development Commission (1991–99).
  • Trustee of the Rural Housing Trust (1983–2006).
  • President of the Cambridgeshire Rural Community Council.
  • Admitted to the House of Lords in 2007 and left upon his retirement.
  • Honorary fellow of Wolfson College and St Edmund's College at Cambridge University (2000) and St Chad's College at Durham University (2007).
  • Honorary fellow of Trinity College Oxford (2011)

References

  1. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 24 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  2. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 24 May 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  3. ^ "No. 49507". The London Gazette. 14 October 1983. p. 13491.
  4. ^ "No. 51345". The London Gazette. 24 May 1988. p. 6095.
  5. ^ "No. 51131". The London Gazette. 24 November 1987. p. 14461.
  6. ^ https://www.diomedia.com/stock-photo-centre-most-rev-and-rt-hon-dr-robert-runcie-archbishop-of-canterbury-with-left-rt-rev-michael-vickers-bishop-of-colchester-and-right-rt-rev-anthony-russell-archbishop-of-dorchester-com-image17372748.html
  7. ^ "No. 55844". The London Gazette. 10 May 2000. p. 5127.
  8. ^ "The Diocese of Ely - News & Events - Bishop of Ely retiring". Archived from the original on 16 July 2011. Retrieved 24 April 2009.

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