Michael Vickers (bishop)

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MA(Oxon)
Bishop of Colchester
DioceseDiocese of Chelmsford
In office1988–1994
PredecessorRoderic Coote
SuccessorEdward Holland
Other post(s)Honorary assistant bishop in Blackburn (1994–present)
Archdeacon of the East Riding (1981–1988)
Orders
Ordination1959 (deacon); 1960 (priest)
Consecration1988
Personal details
Born (1929-01-13) 13 January 1929 (age 95)
DenominationAnglican
ParentsWilliam & Florence
Spouse
Janet Croasdale
(m. 1960)
Alma materWorcester College, Oxford

Michael Edwin Vickers (born 13 January 1929)[1] is a retired English clergyman. He served as area Bishop of Colchester from 1988 to 1994.

He was educated at

Assistant Bishop
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He was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1959 (27 September)[6] and ordained a priest the following Trinity Sunday (12 June 1960), both times by Christopher Chavasse, Bishop of Rochester, at Rochester Cathedral.[7] He was consecrated a bishop on 2 February 1988 by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[8]

He owns a photograph of his great-great-great-grandmother who is the earliest-born authenticated person to appear in a photograph. Mary Buckingham (born in 1750) died, aged 101, in 1851. The photograph was taken c.1850.

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