Peter Forster
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The Right Reverend Peter Forster |
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| Bishop of Chester | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Chester |
| In office | 1996–present |
| Predecessor | Michael Baughen |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1980 |
| Consecration | 13 November 1996 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
16 March 1950 Solihull, West Midlands, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Residence | Bishop's House, Chester |
| Parents | Thomas Forster & Edna Russell |
| Spouse | Elisabeth Anne Stevenson (m. 1978) |
| Children | Two sons, two daughters |
| Alma mater | Merton College, Oxford, Edinburgh University |
Peter Robert Forster (born 16 March 1950) is a British Anglican bishop and a Lord Spiritual (member of the House of Lords). He is currently the Bishop of Chester in the Church of England.
Born in Solihull, the son of Thomas Forster by his marriage to Edna Russell, Forster was educated at the town's Tudor Grange Grammar School. He stated in the House of Lords on 8 February 2016 that he had spent his gap year making Land Rover Defenders and was auto-enrolled into the TGWU. He studied at Merton College, Oxford, where he graduated with a BA in chemistry, promoted to Master of Arts in 1973. At Edinburgh University, he graduated as a Bachelor of Divinity in theology in 1977 and as a Doctor of Philosophy in 1985.
From 1980 to 1982, Forster was assistant curate of the Mossley Hill Parish Church in Liverpool. He was senior tutor at St John's College, Durham, from 1983 to 1991 and became the vicar of Beverley Minster in 1992. In 1996, he was appointed the 40th Bishop of Chester, he was enthroned on 11 January 1997 and in 2001 took his seat as a Lord Spiritual in the House of Lords.
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