Geoffrey Turner (bishop) explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. [Crockford's clerical directory|Crockfords On line]
  2. "Turner, Rt Rev. Geoffrey Martin", Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U38220, accessed 4 July 2012
  3. http://www.stpetersderby.org.uk/ Church website
  4. Web site: Official announcement of retirement . 18 September 2008 . http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20080909081545/http%3A//www.number10.gov.uk/Page2819 . 9 September 2008 . dead .