Colin Buchanan (bishop)
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Colin Ogilvie Buchanan is a retired Anglican bishop of the Church of England. Buchanan was the Bishop of Aston from 1985 until 1989[1][2] and then, after time as the Vicar of St Mark's Gillingham, Kent,[3] the Bishop of Woolwich.
Buchanan was born on 8 August 1934 and educated at Whitgift School and Lincoln College, Oxford.[4] Ordained in 1962 he began his ministry with as a curate in Cheadle, Greater Manchester, after which he was successively librarian, registrar and finally (before his ordination to the episcopate) principal of St John's College, Nottingham. He is married with two children[5] and in retirement he continues to serve the church as an assistant bishop in the Diocese of Bradford.
[edit] References
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN 9780715110300
- ^ Then John Michael Austin Crockfords (ibid)
- ^ St Mark's Church, Gillingham
- ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 9780713672576
- ^ Debrett's People of Today London, 2008 Debrett's, ISBN 9781870520959
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| Preceded by Michael Humphrey Dickens Whinney |
Bishop of Aston 1985–1989 |
Vacant
Title next held by
John Austin |
| Preceded by Peter Hall |
Bishop of Woolwich 1996–2004 |
Succeeded by Christopher Chessun |
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