Will Stewart (bishop)

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| name = Will Stewart

| title = Bishop of Taunton

| diocese = Diocese of Bath and Wells

| predecessor = Richard Lewis

| successor = Andy Radford

| ordination = 1968 (deacon); 1969 (priest)

| consecration = June 1997

| birth_date = {{birth date|1943|9|19|df=y}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1998|3|24|1943|9|19|df=y}}

| religion = Anglican

| parents = William & Betty Stewart

| spouse = Janet Andrews (m. 1969)

| children = 2 sons; 2 daughters

| occupation =

| profession =

| alma_mater = Trinity College, Cambridge

}}

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William Allen Stewart (called Will;{{Church Times | title = Bishop shares his reaction to suffering | archive = 1998_01_09_003 | issue = 7039 | date = 9 January 1998 | page = 3 | accessed = 24 January 2017 }} 19 September 1943{{snd}}24 March 1998) was a Bishop of Taunton whose brief tenure from June 1997 until his death March 1998“Priests and Prelates: The Daily Telegraph Clerical Obituaries” Beeson, T (Ed) London Continuum 2002 {{ISBN|978-0-8264-8100-9}} was one of the shortest in the Anglican Communion. He was also, at 6 feet 7 inches,201 centimetres one of its tallest.

Stewart was educated at Uppingham and Trinity College, Cambridge (where he gained a Cambridge Master of Arts {MA Cantab}).“Who was Who” 1897–1990 London, A & C Black, 1991 {{ISBN|0-7136-3457-X}} Made a deacon at Michaelmas 1968 (29 September){{Church Times | title = Michaelmas Ordinations | archive = 1968_10_04_019 | issue = 5512 | date = 4 October 1968 | page = 19 | accessed = 24 May 2019 }} and ordained a priest the Michaelmas following (28 September 1969), both times by John Taylor, Bishop of Sheffield, at Sheffield Cathedral;{{Church Times | title = Michaelmas Ordinations | archive = 1969_10_03_015 | issue = 5564 | date = 3 October 1969 | page = 15 | accessed = 24 May 2019 }} he was a curate at Ecclesall then Cheltenham.Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975–76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 {{ISBN|0-19-200008-X}} Following this he was Vicar of St James, Gloucester[http://www.saintjamesgloucester.org.uk/ Church web site (1)] then Rector of St Mary Magdalene, Torquay.[http://www.stmarymagtq.org.uk/ Church web site (2)] A sideways move to St Mark, Oulton Broad[http://www.suffolkchurches.co.uk/oultonbmark.html Church web site (3)] led to promotion to be Rural Dean of Lothingland and finally, before his appointment to the episcopate, a Canon of Norwich Cathedral.