Peter Firth (bishop)
Peter Firth MA(Cantab) DipEd | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Malmesbury | |
| Diocese | Diocese of Bristol |
| In office | 1983–1994 |
| Predecessor | Freddy Temple |
| Successor | Michael Doe as Bishop of Swindon |
| Other post | Honorary assistant bishop in Gloucester (2003–2024) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1955 (deacon); 1956 (priest) |
| Consecration | 30 November 1983 by Robert Runcie |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 12 July 1929 |
| Died | 16 February 2024 (aged 94) |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Atkinson and Edith Pepper |
| Spouse | Felicity Wilding (m. 1955) |
| Children | Two sons, three daughters |
| Alma mater | Emmanuel College, Cambridge |
Peter James Firth (12 July 1929 – 16 February 2024) was an English Anglican clergyman who was the Bishop suffragan of Malmesbury from 1983 until 1994.
Biography
[edit]Born on 12 July 1929,[1] Firth was educated at Stockport Grammar School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge. He trained for ordination at St Stephen's House, Oxford, and was ordained deacon in 1955 and priest in 1956.[2] He was a curate at St Stephen's Barbourne.[3] Following this he was priest in charge at the Church of the Ascension, Malvern and then Rector of St George's Gorton and in the early 1960's was a regular contributor to religious broadcasts at BBC Manchester. From 1967 to 1983 he worked in various capacities for the Religious Broadcasting Unit at BBC South West.[4] He was ordained to the episcopate by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, on 30 November 1983 at Southwark Cathedral.[5] He retired in 1994 and was an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Gloucester, where he settled at Winchcombe, as well as the Diocese of Bristol.[6]
Firth died on 16 February 2024, at the age of 94.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ ”Who's Who 1992 “(London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory, 1973-74, 85th Edition, p. 315.
- ^ “Crockford's clerical directory, 1995” (Lambeth,Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
- ^ ”Debrett's People of Today 1992” (London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
- ^ "New bishop consecrated". Church Times. No. 6303. 2 December 1983. p. 3. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 18 February 2020 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Firth, Peter James". Who's Who. Vol. 2014 (December 2013 online ed.). A & C Black. Retrieved 26 April 2014. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Church Times: Deaths, 23 February 2024". Retrieved 25 February 2024.
