Geoffrey Rowell

The Rt Revd  Geoffrey Rowell  PhD DD MA
Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe
Rowell in Vienna, Austria in 2009
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese in Europe
Enthroned	1 November 2001
Predecessor	Rt Revd John Hind
Other posts	Bishop of Basingstoke (1994–2001)
Orders
Ordination	c. 1968
Consecration	18 October 2001
Personal details
Born	13 February 1943 (1943-02-13)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	Church Road, Worth
Alma mater	Corpus Christi College, Cambridge

Douglas Geoffrey Rowell (born 13 February 1943) is an Anglican bishop, currently serving as the third Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe.

Education

Rowell was educated at Winchester College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.

Career

Rowell was commissioned as Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe on 18 October 2001 at St Margaret's, Westminster and enthroned in Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar, 1 November 2001.

His residence, Bishop's Lodge, is at Church Road, Worth, Crawley, Sussex, England.

Controversy

In January 2007, Rowell courted controversy by suspending the chaplain of Istanbul, Ian Sherwood, and the entire chaplaincy council, including Victoria Short, widow of Roger Short, the British Consul General killed in the 2003 bomb attack. The controversy deepened in January 2008, when Rowell went ahead and ordained the Turkish deacon at the centre of the row.

Writings

Rowell has authored or co-authored the following:

• Love's Redeeming Work: The Anglican Quest for Holiness, Geoffrey Rowell, Kenneth Stevenson and Rowan Williams, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780191070587
• The Vision Glorious, Geoffrey Rowell, Oxford University Press, ISBN 9780198263326
• Come, Lord Jesus!: Daily Readings for Advent, Christmas, and Epiphany, Geoffrey Rowell & Julien Chilcott-Monk, Morehouse Publishing, ISBN 9780819219640
• English Religious Traditions and the Genius of Anglicanism, Geoffrey Rowell, Abingdon Press, ISBN 0687117623 / 9780687117628 / 0-687-11762-3, 1994, 256pp.

Outline of career

• Ordained priest in the Church of England, 1969
• Chaplain of Keble College, Oxford, 1971–1994
• Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Leicester, 1979–1990
• Canon of Chichester Cathedral, 1981
• Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester, 1991–1993
• Suffragan Bishop of Basingstoke, 1994–2001
• Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe, from 2001

Styles

• Geoffrey Rowell Esq (1943–1968)
• The Revd Geoffrey Rowell (1968–1981)
• The Revd Canon Geoffrey Rowell (1981–1994)
• The Rt Revd Geoffrey Rowell (1994—)

Further reading

• Who's Who, 2006 (A. & C. Black, London, 2006)

External links

• Anglican Church in Europe website
• Books authored or co-authored by Rowell
• Harden, Rachel (2007-02-02). "Rowell suspends Istanbul chaplain". Church Times issue 7508. GJ Palmer & Sons Ltd. http://www.churchtimes.co.uk/content.asp?id=32747. Retrieved 2008-01-20. 
• Anglicans in Istanbul, Letter to "the Times", 2 February 2007
• Where East meets West Blog
• Bibliography of writings by Rowell at UNjobs

Church of England titles
Preceded by Michael Manktelow	Bishop of Basingstoke 1994–2001	Succeeded by Trevor Willmott
Preceded by John Hind	Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe 2001—present	Incumbent