Patrick Rodger
Patrick Campbell Rodger (28 November 1920 – 8 July 2002) was an
Anglican bishop and ecumenist. He was the Bishop of Manchester (1970–1978) and Bishop of Oxford (1978–1986).[1]
He came from the Scottish Episcopal Church,[2] having served ministries in Edinburgh (including a time as Provost of St Mary's Cathedral). He came from a prosperous middle-class family in Helensburgh,[3] Argyll and Bute, Scotland.[4]
Towards the end of the
Churches' Unity Commission and president of the Conference of European Churches. As Bishop of Oxford he presided over the beginning of an Area scheme which delegated functions from the diocesan to his suffragan or "Area" bishops, in order to decentralise the work of the diocese. In retirement he served as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Edinburgh. In 1989, he published Songs in a Strange Land, a devotional book on praying with the Psalms
.
He was an early advocate of the ordination of women as
priests
.
References
- ^ The Times, 21 October 1978; pg. 14; Issue 60438; col A New Bishop of Oxford
- ^ Independent Obituary[dead link]
- ^ "Public Service – Patrick Campbell Rodger – Heroes Centre". www.heroescentre.co.uk. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ISBN 978-0-19-954087-7
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