Donald Allister
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The Right Reverend Donald Allister |
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| Bishop of Peterborough | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Peterborough |
| Installed | 17 April 2010 |
| Predecessor | Ian Cundy |
| Other posts | Archdeacon of Chester (2002–2010) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1976 |
| Consecration | 25 March 2010 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
27 August 1952 Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Residence | Bishop's Lodging, The Palace, Peterborough |
| Spouse | Janice |
| Children | 1 son, 2 daughters |
| Alma mater | Peterhouse, Cambridge |
Donald Spargo Allister (born 27 August 1952) is a Church of England bishop. He was the Archdeacon of Chester from 2002 to 2010 and on 5 November 2009 was nominated as the next Bishop of Peterborough. He was installed on 17 April 2010.
Allister served in parish positions in Hyde, Greater Manchester; Sevenoaks, Kent; Birkenhead, Merseyside and Cheadle, Greater Manchester. While at Sevenoaks he also served as a consultant editor of the Church of England Newspaper and in Birkenhead he was also a part-time hospital chaplain. He has been a member of the General Synod of the Church of England since 2005 and was on the committee which drafted proposed legislation regarding the consecration of women as bishops. He is also a member of the Council for Christian Unity.
In 2001 Allister attracted media attention after it was reported that he had refused to allow a couple to have the hymns "Jerusalem" and "I Vow to Thee, My Country" at their wedding. He has also spoken out about baptising the children of unmarried couples and also on sex outside of marriage more generally.
Allister was born in Liverpool, Lancashire (before Merseyside was created) in 1952, the son of a manager in the Mersey Docks and Harbour Company and a nursing sister. The family soon moved across the Mersey to Birkenhead on the Wirral peninsula. Later they moved to Bromley, Kent, before returning to the Wirral when they settled in Heswall, before finally returning to Birkenhead where he attended Birkenhead School. In his childhood he was a choirboy at several churches and also an altar server for his uncle from whom comes his middle name of Spargo.
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