Peter Walker (bishop)
{{Short description|British bishop}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
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| title = Bishop of Ely
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| church = Church of England
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| diocese = Diocese of Ely
| term = 1977 to 1989
| predecessor = Edward Roberts
| successor = Stephen Sykes
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| consecration = 1972
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| birth_name = Peter Knight Walker
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| religion = Anglicanism
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| education = Leeds Grammar School
| alma_mater = The Queen's College, Oxford
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Peter Knight Walker (6 December 1919 – 28 December 2010) was an Anglican bishop.[http://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/portrait.php?LinkID=mp91927&rNo=0&role=sit NPG details]
Early life and education
Walker was educated at Leeds Grammar School and The Queen's College, Oxford.The Times, 18 November 1937; p. 19; Issue 47845; col B, University News- ScholarshipsWho's Who 2008: London, A & C Black: 2008, {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}}
During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR). He was then a teacher at The King's School, Peterborough and Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood.
Ordained ministry
Walker was ordained in 1954. His first ordained ministry position was a curacy at Hemel Hempstead, after which he was fellow, dean and lecturer at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.Daily Telegraph, Obituaries, p. 31, "Bishop of Ely who oversaw the restoration of his cathedral and won the praise of W H Auden", issue no 48, p. 397, 7 January 2011 From 1962 to 1972 he was principal of Westcott House, Cambridge.Crockford's Clerical Directory Lambeth, Church House 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}}
In 1972 he was consecrated to the episcopate as the Suffragan Bishop of Dorchester.The Times, 10 February 1972; p16; Issue 58398; col D, New Bishop of Dorchester In 1977 he was translated to become the Bishop of Ely, a position he held until his retirement in 1989.[http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/BishopsofEly.html Genuki] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720001752/http://www.genuki.org.uk/big/eng/CAM/BishopsofEly.html |date=20 July 2008 }}
Death
He died in Cambridge on 28 December 2010, aged 91.Daily Telegraph, Obituaries, p. 31, ibid.
References
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{{S-bef|before=David Goodwin Loveday}}
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{{S-ttl|title=Bishop of Ely|years=1977–1989}}
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Category:People educated at Leeds Grammar School
Category:Alumni of the Queen's College, Oxford
Category:Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve personnel of World War II
Category:Fellows of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge
Category:Anglican bishops of Dorchester
Category:20th-century Church of England bishops
Category:Staff of Westcott House, Cambridge
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