Peter Selby
| Peter Selby | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Worcester | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Worcester |
| In office | 1997–2007 |
| Predecessor | Philip Goodrich |
| Successor | John Inge |
| Other posts |
Bishop to HM Prisons 2001–2007 Honorary assistant bishop in Durham and Newcastle 1992–1997 Bishop of Kingston 1984–1992 (area bishop 1991–1992) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1966 |
| Consecration | 1984 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 7 December 1941 |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Profession | Theologian and liturgist |
| Alma mater | St John's College, Oxford |
Peter Stephen Maurice Selby (born 7 December 1941) is a retired British Anglican bishop. He was the Church of England Bishop of Worcester from 1997 until he retired at the end of September 2007.
He was educated at St John's College, Oxford, and at Episcopal Theological School in Cambridge, Massachusetts, taking the Oxford degree of MA(Oxon) (1967, BA 1964) and the Cambridge, Mass., degree of BD (1966). He was awarded a PhD degree from King's College London in 1975.
He was Assistant Curate, Queensbury, 1966–68; Associate Director of Training, Southwark, 1969–73; Assistant Curate, Limpsfield with Titsey, 1969–77; Vice-Principal, Southwark Ordination Course, 1970–72; Assistant Missioner, Diocese of Southwark, 1973–77; Canon Residentiary, Newcastle Cathedral, 1977–84; Diocesan Missioner, Diocese of Newcastle, 1977–84; Bishop of Kingston 1984–1992 (an area bishop from 1991); William Leech Professorial Fellow in Applied Christian Theology, University of Durham, 1992–1997; Honorary assistant bishop in the dioceses of Durham and of Newcastle, 1992–97; Visitor General, Community of Sisters of the Church, 1991–2001, a Member of the Doctrine Commission, 1991–2003, and President of the Modern Churchpeople's Union, 1990–96 and of the Society for Study of Theology, 2003–04; Bishop to HM Prisons, 2001–2007 and from January 2008 became the President of the National Council for Independent Monitoring Boards for prisons. He was appointed Bishop of Worcester in 1997.
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