Peter Nott | |
Bishop of Norwich | |
Diocese: | Diocese of Norwich |
Term: | 1985–1999 |
Predecessor: | Maurice Wood |
Successor: | Graham James |
Other Post: | Honorary assistant bishop in Oxford (1999–2018) Bishop of Taunton 1977–1985 |
Consecration: | 1977 |
Birth Date: | 30 December 1933 |
Religion: | Anglican |
Alma Mater: | Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge |
Peter John Nott (30 December 1933 – 20 August 2018) was an English Anglican bishop:[1] from 1985 to 1999, he served as Bishop of Norwich.[2]
Nott was educated at Bristol Grammar School, Dulwich College and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.[3] He began his ordained ministry as a curate at Harpenden after which he was chaplain at Fitzwilliam College and then Rector of Beaconsfield.[4] In 1977 he was appointed the suffragan Bishop of Taunton;[5] he was ordained a bishop on 18 October 1977, by Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral. He was translated to be the Bishop of Norwich[6] upon the confirmation of his election on 12 November 1985. He retired in 1999 but continued to serve as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Oxford.