Pete Wilcox

Wilcox was born on 10 October 1961{{cite web|url=https://api.parliament.uk/query/resource?uri=https://id.parliament.uk/ePiNDr5f|title=Peter Wilcox|website=api.parliament.uk|access-date=20 June 2023}} and attended Worksop College in north Nottinghamshire before studying at Durham University where he was a member of St John's College. He graduated from Durham with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1984. He then attended Ridley Hall, Cambridge, where he trained for ordination and graduated from the University of Cambridge with a BA degree in theology in 1986. Later, he returned to Durham for post-graduate study and completed a Master of Arts (MA) degree in 1991. He then attended St John's College, Oxford, and completed a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1993.{{Crockford| surname =Wilcox | forenames =Peter Jonathan | id =26068 | accessed = 30 November 2015}} His doctoral thesis was titled "Restoration, Reformation and the progress of the kingdom of Christ : evangelisation in the thought and practice of John Calvin, 1555–1564".[http://solo.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/primo_library/libweb/action/display.do?tabs=detailsTab&ct=display&fn=search&doc=oxfaleph010899624&indx=2&recIds=oxfaleph010899624&recIdxs=1&elementId=1&renderMode=poppedOut&displayMode=full&frbrVersion=&fctN=facet_rtype&dscnt=0&fctV=thesis&frbg=&tab=local&dstmp=1357685796020&srt=rank&mode=Basic&dum=true&tb=t&fromLogin=true&vl(freeText0)=wilcox%2C+peter&vid=OXVU1&go.x=0&go.y=0&go=Search Thesis record, Bodleian Libraries, University of Oxford]

He was ordained a deacon at Petertide (28 June) 1987{{Church Times | title = Ordinations: Durham | archive = 1987_07_03_013 | issue = 6490 | date = 3 July 1987 | page = 13 | accessed = 7 April 2017 }} and a priest the next Petertide (26 June 1988){{Church Times | title = Ordinations: Durham | archive = 1988_07_01_004 | issue = 6542 | date = 1 July 1988 | page = 4 | accessed = 7 April 2017 }} — both times by Bishop David Jenkins at Durham Cathedral; his first post was a curacy in Preston-on-Tees. From 1990 to 1993, while undertaking post-graduate study, he was a non-stipendiary minister at St Giles' Church, Oxford, and St Margaret's Church, Oxford. He was team vicar of Gateshead from 1993 to 1998 when he became the director of the Urban Mission Centre, Cranmer Hall, Durham. He was priest in charge of St Paul's Walsall from 1998 before becoming the canon chancellor of Lichfield Cathedral in 2006.{{cite web | url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dean-of-liverpool | website=HM Government | title=Dean of Liverpool | date=7 March 2012 }} He was installed as the dean of Liverpool Cathedral on 15 September 2012.

On 7 April 2017, it was announced that Wilcox was to become the next bishop of Sheffield, to be consecrated on 22 June[http://www.sheffield.anglican.org/news/the-consecration-of-the-very-revd-dr-pete-wilcox-22-june-2017 Diocese of Sheffield — Consecration of Pete Wilcox, 22 June 2017] (Accessed 6 May 2017) and take up the role in autumn 2017.{{cite web|title=Bishop of Sheffield Announced | url=http://www.sheffield.anglican.org/news/bishop-of-sheffield-announced|website=Diocese of Sheffield|publisher=Diocese of Sheffield|accessdate=7 April 2017}} He was elected to the see by the college of canons of Sheffield Cathedral on 5 May 2017 and his election confirmed at York Minster on 5 June 2017.{{cite web|title=A new bishop-elect...|url=http://www.sheffield.anglican.org/news/a-new-bishop-elect...|website=Diocese of Sheffield|accessdate=23 June 2017|date=9 May 2017}} On 22 June 2017, he was consecrated a bishop by Archbishop John Sentamu at York Minster.{{cite web|title=New Bishop of Sheffield to be consecrated at York Minster|url=http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2017-06-22/new-bishop-of-sheffield-to-be-consecrated-at-york-minster/|website=ITV News|accessdate=23 June 2017|date=22 June 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170624203816/http://www.itv.com/news/calendar/update/2017-06-22/new-bishop-of-sheffield-to-be-consecrated-at-york-minster/|archive-date=24 June 2017}} On 23 September 2017, he was installed as the bishop of Sheffield during a service at Sheffield Cathedral.{{cite web|title=Installation of the Eighth Bishop of Sheffield at Sheffield Cathedral|url=http://www.sheffield.anglican.org/news/installation-of-the-eighth-bishop-of-sheffield-at-sheffield-cathedral|website=Diocese of Sheffield|accessdate=29 September 2017|date=24 September 2017}}

Wilcox is a trustee of Ridley Hall, Cambridge, where he trained for ordination.{{cite web |title=The Rt Revd Dr Pete Wilcox: Trustee |url=https://www.ridley.cam.ac.uk/about/people/trustees/pete-wilcox |website=Ridley Hall |publisher=University of Cambridge |access-date=31 January 2023 |language=en}}

On 17 January 2023, Wilcox was admitted to the House of Lords as a Lord Spiritual.{{cite web |title=The Lord Bishop of Sheffield: Parliamentary career |url=https://members.parliament.uk/member/4980/career |website=MPs and Lords |publisher=UK Parliament |access-date=18 January 2023}}

In 2023, following the news that the House of Bishop's of the Church of England was to introduce proposals for blessing same-sex relationships, he signed an open letter which stated:{{cite web |title=LLF: a paper on the Doctrine of Marriage |url=https://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/llf-a-paper-on-the-doctrine-of-marriage |website=Thinking Anglicans |access-date=31 January 2023 |language=en |date=31 January 2023}}

{{quote| many Christians in the Church of England and the Anglican Communion, together with Christians from across the churches of world Christianity, continue to believe that marriage is given by God for the union of a man and woman and that it cannot be extended to those who are of the same sex. [...] Without seeking to diminish the value of many committed same-sex relationships, for which there is much to give thanks, we find ourselves constrained by what we sincerely believe the Scriptures teach which cannot be set aside.}}

He voted against introducing "standalone services for same-sex couples" on a trial basis during a meeting of the General Synod in November 2023; the motion passed.{{cite web |title=GENERAL SYNOD NOVEMBER 2023 GROUP OF SESSIONS BUSINESS DONE AT 5 P.M. |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2023-11/consolidated-business-done.pdf |website=churchofengland.org |publisher=The Church of England |access-date=23 November 2023 |date=13 November 2023 |quote=7. The motion (as amended) ‘That this Synod, conscious that the Church is not of one mind on the issues raised by Living in Love and Faith, that we are in a period of uncertainty, and that many in the Church on all sides are being deeply hurt at this time, recognise the progress made by the House of Bishops towards implementing the motion on Living in Love and Faith passed by this Synod in February 2023, as reported in GS 2328, encourage the House to continue its work of implementation, and ask the House to consider whether some standalone services for same-sex couples could be made available for use, possibly on a trial basis, on the timescale envisaged by the motion passed by the Synod in February 2023.’ was carried following a counted vote by Houses.}}{{cite web |title=General Synod 15th November 2023 – Item 007 |url=https://www.churchofengland.org/sites/default/files/2023-11/item-7.pdf |website=churchofengland.org |publisher=The Church of England |access-date=23 November 2023 |date=15 November 2023}}

Wilcox is married to Catherine Fox,{{cite web|title=Dean Very Rev Dr Pete Wilcox|url=http://www.liverpoolcathedral.org.uk/about/people.aspx|website=People|publisher=Liverpool Cathedral|accessdate=16 April 2015}} a writer and a lecturer at Manchester Metropolitan University.{{cite web|title=Dr Catherine Wilcox|url=https://www2.mmu.ac.uk/english/staff/profile/index.php?profile_id=6|website=Staff profiles|publisher=Manchester Metropolitan University|accessdate=16 April 2015}} They have two children.

In 2017, Wilcox was diagnosed with and treated for colon cancer. This resulted in a permanent colostomy but Wilcox otherwise made a full recovery.{{Cite web |title=My colon cancer has been good for me, Bishop of Sheffield tells his diocese |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2022/2-december/news/uk/my-colon-cancer-has-been-good-for-me-bishop-of-sheffield-tells-his-diocese |access-date=2024-03-25 |website=www.churchtimes.co.uk}}

• The Reverend Pete Wilcox (1988–1993)
• The Reverend Doctor Pete Wilcox (1993–2006)
• The Reverend Canon Doctor Pete Wilcox (2006–2012)
• The Very Reverend Doctor Pete Wilcox (2012{{snd}}5 June 2017)
• The Reverend Doctor Pete Wilcox (5 June 2017{{snd}}22 June 2017)
• The Right Reverend Doctor Pete Wilcox (22 June 2017{{snd}}present)

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