Bishops
Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe:
The Right Reverend Geoffrey Rowell (2001)
(The third Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe, commissioned 18th October 2001, enthroned in Gibraltar Cathedral, 1st November 2001)
Bishop’s Lodge, Church Road, Worth, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 7RTT: +44 (0)1293 883051
F: +44 (0)1293 884479
E: bishop.europe@churchofengland.org
Bishop’s Chaplain & Commissary:
The Reverend Canon Meurig Williams
E: meurig.williams@churchofengland.orgBishop’s Personal Assistant:
Mrs Margaret Gibson (2006)
E: margaret.gibson@churchofengland.orgBishop’s Press Officer:
The Reverend Paul Needle (2005)
T: +34 964 761641Mobile +34 662 482 944
E: paul.needle@churchofengland.org
Secretary:
Mrs Sue Walshe
E: sue.walshe@churchofengland.orgThe Suffragan Bishop’s Office
Suffragan Bishop:
The Right Reverend David Hamid (2002)
T: +44 (0)20 7898 1160
F: +44 (0)20 7898 1166
E: david.hamid@churchofengland.org
Biography and Responsibilities
Suffragan Bishop’s Chaplain and Personal Assistant:
The Revd Deacon Frances Hiller (2002)
E: frances.hiller@churchofengland.orgHonorary Assistant Bishops
Each Honorary Assistant Bishop holds the Bishop’s Commission for one of two reasons: that (a) he is the currently serving bishop in office of a Church or Diocese on the Continent in Communion with the Church of England, or (b) that for some other reason or expertise the Bishop has invited him to accept his Commission to minister as a bishop in our Diocese.
Chaplains may approach honorary assistant bishops direct to invite their involvement in a liturgical celebration or pastoral activity. The archdeacon should be informed. A chaplain who wishes a bishop whose name is not on this list to be invited to minister (whether currently in office or retired), should inform the diocesan Bishop who will write to invite the bishop in question.
The Diocesan Handbook has the following at C1(j):
From time to time the diocesan Bishop commissions honorary assistant bishops to share with him and the Suffragan bishop in Episcopal ministry in the Diocese. The assistant bishops (which include the serving Anglican bishops in Continental Europe – COABICE) may accept invitations from chaplains to confirm or preside at worship without further recourse to the diocesan Bishop.
A chaplain who wishes to invite to minister in a particular chaplaincy any bishop in communion who is not already an honorary assistant bishop of this Diocese, should note that they should ask the diocesan Bishop to invite the bishop in question to minister as requested.
Chaplaincies are liable for the travel costs and other expenses of any honorary assistant bishop whom they invite to minister in the chaplaincy.
1. Bishops of Dioceses or Churches in Communion currently in Office
An asterisk * indicates an Anglican Bishop who is a member of the College of Anglican Bishops in Continental Europe (COABICE).
* The Right Reverend Jorge de Pina Cabral (2012)
Bishop of the Lusitanian Church (Portuguese Episcopal Church)
Centro Diocesano, Apartado 392, 4431-905 Vila Nove de Gaia, PortugalT: +351 22 375 4018
E:
* The Right Reverend Pierre Whalon (2001)
Bishop in charge of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe
American Cathedral, 23 Avenue George V, 75008 Paris, FranceT: +33 1 53 23 84 00 (cathedral)
F: +33 1 47 23 95 30 (cathedral)
E: office@tec-europe.org
2. Retired Bishops available for liturgical celebrations and pastoral activities
The Right Reverend John Flack (2003)
The Vicarage, 34 Station Road, Nassington, Peterborough, PE8 6QBT: +44 (0)1780 782271
E: johnrobertflack@hotmail.com
The Right Reverend Patrick Harris (1999)
Apt B, Ireton House, Pavilion Gardens, The Park, Cheltenham, GL50 2SPT: +44 (0) 1242 231376
E: pandvharris@blueyonder.co.uk
The Right Reverend Richard Garrard (2001)
26 Carol Close, Stoke Holy Cross, Norwich NR14 8NNT: +44 (0)1508 494165
E: garrard.r.a@btinternet.com
The Right Reverend Edward Holland (2002)
Suffragan Bishop in Europe 1986-95
37 Parfrey Street, London, W6 9EWT: +44 (0)20 8746 3636
E: ed.holland@btopenworld.com
The Right Reverend David Smith (2002)
34 Cedar Glade, Dunnington, York YO19 5QZT: 44 (0)1904 481225
E: david@djmhs.force9.co.uk
The Right Reverend Michael Turnbull (2003)
67 Strand Street, Sandwich CT13 9HNT: 44 (0)1304 611389
E: bstmt@btopenworld.com
3. Retired Bishops occasionally available for liturgical celebrations only
The Right Reverend Michael Manktelow (1994)
14 Little London, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1NZThe Right Reverend John Taylor KCVO (1998)
22 Conduit Head Road, Cambridge CB3 0EYThe Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Gibraltar
The Very Reverend Dr John Paddock (2008)
The Deanery, 41 Jumpers Buildings, Rosia Road, GibraltarT: +350 78377 (Deanery)T: +350 75745 (Cathedral)
F: +350 78463
E: deangib@gibraltar.gi
Vicars General
Under Section 12 (a) of the Diocesan Constitution, “The diocesan Bishop may at his discretion appoint one or more vicars-general to assist him in the administration of the Diocese.
In his licence to a vicar general the diocesan Bishop may delegate any or all of the following functions —
- the issuing of letters of appointment to chaplains;
- the issuing, in the Bishop's name, of licences and permissions to officiate to priests, deacons, deaconesses, lay workers and readers;
- the instituting of chaplains in the absence of the Bishop or archdeacon;
- the issuing of faculties for alterations, additions and repairs to the fabric and ornaments of churches and to churchyards;
- the holding of visitations on behalf of the diocesan Bishop.
Where any function specified in a licence requires the application of the Bishop’s seal to a document, that seal shall be affixed and the document shall be executed by the vicar general authorised by the licence to discharge that function.
During the vacancy of any archdeaconry, the diocesan Bishop shall appoint either a vicar general or some other person in priests orders to carry out the duties of the archdeacon.”
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