Our Bishops
The Rt Revd Dr Robert Innes
Bishop Robert is the chief pastor of the diocese and provides episcopal oversight, working with colleagues – lay and ordained – to shape the life of the whole Church through the Good News of Jesus Christ and, in so doing, proclaim God’s Kingdom.
Bishop Robert was consecrated in Canterbury Cathedral in July 2014 and has been diocesan bishop since then. He and his wife Helen live in Brussels. They have four adult children and six grandchildren.
Before his consecration, Bishop Robert was Chancellor of the Pro-Cathedral of Holy Trinity Brussels. He previously worked in parish ministry and theological education in Durham, England and was educated in Cambridge and Durham. His pre-ordination career was in engineering and business consultancy. He has published works on theological and psychological ideas of the self, St. Augustine, work and vocation.
Bishop Robert was appointed Chair of the Church of England’s Faith and Order Commission in 2022. In that capacity, he is also a member of the House of Bishops’ Standing Committee and Vice-Chair of the Church of England’s Council for Christian Unity. He represents the Archbishop of Canterbury with the European Institutions. He is the co-chair of the Reuilly Ecumenical Conversations between the Church of England and the French Protestant Church. Since 2018, he has been President of the Council of St. John’s College in the University of Durham.
When not working and travelling, Bishop Robert enjoys trekking, playing tennis and family celebrations.
Bishop Robert has a blog which can be read here.
Contact
E: bishop.europe@europe.anglican.org
E: gail.wilmet@europe.anglican.org (Gail Wilmet, Bishop's Personal Assistant)
The Rt Revd Andrew Norman
Bishop Andrew was installed as Suffragan Bishop in Europe in March 2025 at Holy Trinity Cathedral Gibraltar. He shares episcopal oversight of the whole diocese with Bishop Robert, the Diocesan Bishop. Both are based in Brussels. Bishop Andrew has particular responsibility for the Ministry Team and the Bishop’s Strategy Group. He is married to Amanda and they have two adult daughters.
Before being consecrated, Bishop Andrew was Director of Ministry and Mission in the Diocese of Leeds, formed in 2014 out of three adjacent dioceses. He served his curacy in the Diocese in Europe in Paris, then returned to England to take on a succession of varied roles. After serving in a parish in Bristol he went on to work for the Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan Williams, as his Principal Secretary for International, Ecumenical and Anglican Communion Affairs. He then spent eight years as Principal of Ridley Hall Theological College in Cambridge.
Bishop Andrew grew up on a dairy farm and has degrees from Oxford and Cambridge Universities, along with an MPhil from Birmingham University focussing on Anglicans, ecumenism and mission in Continental Europe. Prior to ordination, he worked for the banknote printers De La Rue, with time spent in Malta and Angola on international assignments. He is author of A Church Observed: being Anglican as times change.
Bishop Andrew enjoys family theatre trips to musicals, especially those with a political edge; being out in his garden; reading about the countries he visits; and the two family cats..
Contact: suffragan.bishop@europe.anglican.org
Revd Evelyn Sweerts Vermeulen
The Bishop's Chaplain supports the Bishop in his work. The Bishop's tasks are many and varied and so the chaplain often works in collaboration with others to ensure things run smoothly, for example, drafting the liturgies for the services at which the Bishop presides. There are liturgical, administrative, governance, and pastoral aspects to the role. A good understanding of safeguarding and some grasp of church law is important. The Bishop and his chaplain pray together regularly.
Contact
E: evelyn.sweerts@europe.anglican.org
T: +32 (0)2 213 74 82
