Honorific-Prefix: | The Rt Revd |
Tony Foottit | |
Honorific-Suffix: | MA(Cantab) |
Bishop of Lynn | |
Diocese: | Diocese of Norwich |
Term: | 1999–2003 |
Predecessor: | David Conner |
Successor: | James Langstaff |
Other Post: | Honorary assistant bishop in Norwich (?–present) Archdeacon of Lynn (1887–1998) |
Ordination: | 1961 (deacon); 1962 (priest) |
Consecration: | 1999 |
Birth Date: | 28 June 1935 |
Religion: | Anglican |
Parents: | Percival and Mildred |
Spouse: | Rosamond Buxton |
Children: | One son, two daughters |
Profession: | Writer |
Alma Mater: | King's College, Cambridge |
Anthony Charles "Tony" Foottit (born 28 June 1935) was the Bishop of Lynn from 1999 to 2003.[1]
Foottit was educated at Lancing College and King's College, Cambridge.[2] Ordained in 1961,[3] he was a curate at Wymondham, after which he was vicar of Blakeney, Rural Dean of Cary and finally, before his ordination to the episcopate, the Archdeacon of Lynn (1987–1999).
A keen botanist,[4] he is married with three children.