The Right Reverend

Peter Walker
Bishop of Ely
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Ely
In office1977 to 1989
PredecessorEdward Roberts
SuccessorStephen Sykes
Orders
Ordination1954
Consecration1972
Personal details
Born
Peter Knight Walker

(1919-12-06)6 December 1919
Died28 December 2010(2010-12-28) (aged 91)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglicanism
EducationLeeds Grammar School
Alma materThe Queen's College, Oxford

Peter Knight Walker (6 December 1919 – 28 December 2010) was an Anglican bishop.[1]

Early life and education

Walker was educated at Leeds Grammar School and The Queen's College, Oxford.[2][3]

During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR). He was then a teacher at The King's School, Peterborough and Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood.

Ordained ministry

Walker was ordained in 1954. His first ordained ministry position was a curacy at Hemel Hempstead, after which he was fellow, dean and lecturer at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[4] From 1962 to 1972 he was principal of Westcott House, Cambridge.[5]

In 1972 he was consecrated to the episcopate as the Suffragan Bishop of Dorchester.[6] In 1977 he was translated to become the Bishop of Ely, a position he held until his retirement in 1989.[7]

Death

He died in Cambridge on 28 December 2010, aged 91.[8]

References

  1. ^ NPG details
  2. ^ The Times, 18 November 1937; p. 19; Issue 47845; col B, University News- Scholarships
  3. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black: 2008, ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  4. ^ Daily Telegraph, Obituaries, p. 31, "Bishop of Ely who oversaw the restoration of his cathedral and won the praise of W H Auden", issue no 48, p. 397, 7 January 2011
  5. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory Lambeth, Church House 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  6. ^ The Times, 10 February 1972; p16; Issue 58398; col D, New Bishop of Dorchester
  7. ^ Genuki Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ Daily Telegraph, Obituaries, p. 31, ibid.
Church of England titles Preceded byDavid Goodwin Loveday Bishop of Dorchester 1972–1977 Succeeded byConrad John Eustace Meyer Preceded byEdward James Keymer Roberts Bishop of Ely 1977–1989 Succeeded byStephen Sykes


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