Jeffery Rowthorn
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The Right Reverend Jeffery Rowthorn DD |
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| Bishop in Charge | |
| Church | Episcopal Church |
| Province | Province II |
| Diocese | Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe |
| Appointed | 1 January 1994 |
| Installed | April 1994 |
| Term ended | 2001 |
| Other posts | Suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut (1987–1994) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 30 September 1962 (deacon) 29 September 1963 (priest) by |
| Consecration | 19 September 1987 by Edmond L. Browning |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
9 April 1934 Newport, Wales, United Kingdom |
| Alma mater |
Christ's College, Cambridge Union Theological Seminary Oriel College, Oxford Berkeley Divinity School |
Jeffery William Rowthorn (also spelled Jeffrey; born 9 April 1934) is a Welsh retired Anglican bishop and hymnographer. His early career was spent in parish ministry in the Diocese of Southwark and the Diocese of Oxford of the Church of England. He then moved to the United States where he worked at two seminaries: Union Theological Seminary in New York City, and Berkeley Divinity School in New Haven, Connecticut. He was elected a bishop in the Episcopal Church, serving as a suffragan bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut from 1987 to 1994, and as Bishop in Charge of the Convocation of Episcopal Churches in Europe from 1994 to 2001.
Rowthorn was born on 9 April 1934 in Newport, Gwent, Wales. From 1952 to 1954, he served in the Royal Navy as part of National Service. During this time, he studied Russian at the University of London.
He then studied modern languages (Russian, German, Persian and Arabic) at Christ's College, Cambridge, and graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1957; as per tradition, the BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA (Cantab)) degree in 1962. Having been awarded a Rotary Foundation Fellowship, he studied at the Union Theological Seminary, a Christian seminary in New York City, United States. He graduated with a magna cum laude Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree in 1961. In 1961, he returned to the United Kingdom and entered Cuddesdon College, an Anglican theological college, to undertake one year of training for ordination.
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