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Monday 7 April 2008

Suffragan See of Stockport

7 April 2008

The Queen has approved the nomination of the Reverend Robert Ronald Atwell BA MLitt, to the Suffragan See of Stockport, in the Diocese of Chester, in succession to the Right Reverend William Nigel Stock BA, on his elevation to the See of St Edmunsbury and Ipswich on 20 November 2007.

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Robert Atwell (aged 53) studied for the ordained ministry at Westcott House, Cambridge. He served his first curacy at John Keble Church, Mill Hill, London from 1978 to 1981. From 1981 to 1987 he was Chaplain at Trinity College, Cambridge. From 1987 to 1998 he was a Benedictine monk at Burford Priory, Oxfordshire. Since 1998 he has been Vicar of St Mary’s, Primrose Hill, and Director of Post-Ordination Training in the Edmonton Area of the Diocese of London.

Robert Atwell is single. His interests include gardening, theatre, films, painting, hill walking, music and novels.

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