The Right Reverend David Wilcox |
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Bishop of Dorking | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Guildford |
In office | 1986–1995 |
Predecessor | Kenneth Evans |
Successor | Ian Brackley |
Other posts | Honorary assistant bishop in Diocese of Chichester (1995–present) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1954 (deacon); 1955 (priest) by Bertram Simpson |
Consecration |
c. 1986 by Robert Runcie |
Personal details | |
Born | 29 June 1930 |
Denomination | Anglican |
Spouse | Pamela Hedges |
Children | 2 sons, 2 daughters |
Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
David Peter Wilcox (born 29 June 1930) is a retired British Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Dorking, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Guildford.
Wilcox was educated at Northampton Grammar School and St John's College, Oxford. He married Pamela Hedges in 1956 and they had two sons and two daughters.
Ordained a deacon on Trinity Sunday (13 June) 1954 by Bertram Simpson, Bishop of Southwark, in Southwark Cathedral and a priest the following year, he began his career with a Curacy at St Helier, St Peter (Bishop Andrewes Church)Hammersmith in the Southwark Diocese and was then successively: a Lecturer at Lincoln Theological College; a USPG Missionary in Bangalore; Vicar of Great Gransden; and Canon Residentiary of Derby Cathedral. From 1977 to 1985, he was concurrently Principal of Ripon College Cuddesdon and vicar of the Church of All Saints, Cuddesdon.