Honorific-Prefix: | The Rt Revd |
Geoffrey Turner | |
Bishop of Stockport | |
Diocese: | Diocese of Chester |
Term: | 1994–2000 |
Predecessor: | Frank Sargeant |
Successor: | Nigel Stock |
Other Post: | Honorary assistant bishop in Chester (2002–present) Archdeacon of Chester (1993–1994) |
Ordination: | 1963 (deacon); 1964 (priest) |
Consecration: | 1994 |
Birth Date: | 16 March 1934 |
Religion: | Anglican |
Parents: | Ernest and Winifred Martin |
Children: | 2 sons; 1 daughter |
Alma Mater: | Sandhurst |
Geoffrey Martin Turner (born 16 March 1934) is a retired bishop of the Church of England. He was the sixth Suffragan Bishop of Stockport.[1]
Turner was educated at Bideford Grammar School, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst and Oak Hill Theological College.[2] Ordained in 1963, he was a curate in Tonbridge and then Vicar of St Peter's Derby.[3] He was then Rural Dean of Wirral until his ordination to the episcopate in 1994. He resigned in 2000[4] and in retirement is an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Chester.