Barry Rogerson

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The Right Reverend

Barry Rogerson
Bishop of Bristol
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Church Church of England
Diocese Diocese of Bristol
Installed1985
Term ended2002 (retirement)
Predecessor John Tinsley
Successor Mike Hill
Other post(s)Honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Bath and Wells
2002–present
Bishop of Wolverhampton
1979–1985
Orders
Ordination1962 (deacon); 1963 (priest)
Consecration1979
Personal details
Born (1936-07-25) 25 July 1936 (age 87)
Nationality British
Denomination Anglican
OccupationBishop
Alma mater University of Leeds

Barry Rogerson (born 25 July 1936) was the first Bishop of Wolverhampton from 1979 to 1985 and, from then until his retirement in 2002, the Bishop of Bristol. He holds Honorary degrees from Bristol & the West of England Universities. He was made a Freeman of the City and County of Bristol in 2003.

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Career

Rogerson was educated at the University of Leeds [1] and Wells Theological College. Initially a bank employee, he was ordained in 1962, after which he held curacies at St Hilda's South Shields and St Nicholas’ Bishopwearmouth. [2] From 1967 to 1975 he was a lecturer at Lichfield Theological College and then Salisbury and Wells Theological College, after which he became Vicar and subsequently Team Rector of St Thomas' Church, Wednesfield [3] —a post he held until his ordination to the episcopate.

In 1978 he was seconded for six months to the Anglican Church of Melanesia to teach at the Bishop Patteson Theological College at Kohimarama in the Solomon Islands. He served as Chairman of the Melanesian Mission in England until his retirement in 2002.

Rogerson was elected as a Suffragan Bishop to the General Synod of the Church of England and House of Bishops in 1982. During his membership of the General Synod he was chairman of the Interfaith Consultancy Group (IFCOG) and continued to be a member of the advisory board of Ministry, ultimately becoming its chairman. During his latter years on the Board he was instrumental in encouraging the Church of England to take the Distinctive Diaconate seriously, introducing the report For Such A Time as This to the General Synod in 2001.[ clarification needed ]

Ecumenism

Starting as Chairman of Churches Together in Wolverhampton, Rogerson became a member of the World Council of Churches' Faith and Order Commission in 1987, and in 1991 a member of its Central Committee, a role which he held until his retirement. In 1997 he became a member of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) subsequently becoming one of its president. His final contribution was to co-chair with the Reverend. Dr. John B. Taylor the committee which produced the Report The Anglican-Methodist Conversations in 2001.

Ordination of Women

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Rogerson with the first women who were ordained priests in 1994

Rogerson has been a supporter of the ordination of women to the priesthood since his days as a student at Leeds University. Alongside John Oliver, then Bishop of Hereford, he was a consultant to The Movement for the Ordination of Women. He ordained the first 32 female priests in the Church of England on 12 March 1994 at his cathedral in Bristol.

In retirement he continues to serve as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Bath and Wells as well as being a governor of the University of the West of England. [4]

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References

  1. ↑ Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black ISBN   978-0-7136-8555-8
  2. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing, ISBN   978-0-7151-1030-0
  3. ↑ "Church website". Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
  4. ↑ UWE web site
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Preceded by Bishop of Bristol
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