Peter Walker (bishop)
Peter Knight Walker (6 December 1919 – 28 December 2010) was an Anglican bishop.[1]
Walker was educated at Leeds Grammar School and The Queen's College, Oxford.[2][3] During the Second World War he served in the RNVR and was then a teacher at The King's School, Peterborough and Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood before ordination 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 ordained 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
- ↑ NPG details
- ↑ The Times, 18 November 1937; pg. 19; Issue 47845; col B, University News- Scholarships
- ↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black: 2008, ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
- ↑ 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
- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory Lambeth, Church House 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
- ↑ The Times, 10 February 1972; p16; Issue 58398; col D, New Bishop of Dorchester
- ↑ Genuki
- ↑ Daily Telegraph, Obituaries, p. 31, ibid.
| Church of England titles | ||
|---|---|---|
| Preceded by David Goodwin Loveday |
Bishop of Dorchester 1972–1977 |
Succeeded by Conrad John Eustace Meyer |
| Preceded by Edward James Keymer Roberts |
Bishop of Ely 1977–1989 |
Succeeded by Stephen Whitefield Sykes |