The Right Reverend Stephen Pedley |
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Bishop of Lancaster | |
Diocese | Diocese of Blackburn |
In office | 1998–2005 |
Predecessor | Jack Nicholls |
Successor | Geoff Pearson |
Other posts |
Honorary assistant bishop in Newcastle (2005–present) Honorary Chaplain to the Queen (1984–1998) |
Orders | |
Ordination | c. 1966 |
Consecration | 20 March 1998 |
Personal details | |
Born | 13 September 1940 |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Geoffrey Knight & Muriel Pedley |
Spouse | Mary Macdonald (m. 1970) |
Children | 2 sons; 1 daughter |
Alma mater | Queens' College, Cambridge |
Geoffrey Stephen Pedley (known as Stephen; born 13 September 1940) was the Bishop suffragan of Lancaster from 1998 until 2005.
He was educated at Marlborough and Queens' College, Cambridge.Ordained in 1966 after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon he began his career with curacies in Liverpool and Coventry before a spell in Zambia. Returning to England in 1977 he became Vicar of and then Whickham before becoming a Residentiary Canon at Durham Cathedral, a post he held until his elevation to the Episcopate.