Barry Rogerson

The Right Reverend

Barry Rogerson
The Right Reverend; Barry Rogerson
Bishop of Bristol
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Bristol
Installed	1985
Term ended	2002 (retirement)
Predecessor	John Tinsley
Successor	Mike Hill
Other post(s)	Honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Bath and Wells; 2002–present; Bishop of Wolverhampton; 1979–1985
Orders
Ordination	1962 (deacon); 1963 (priest)
Consecration	1979
Personal details
Born	25 July 1936 (age 88)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Occupation	Bishop
Alma mater	University of Leeds

Barry Rogerson (born 25 July 1936) was the first Bishop of Wolverhampton from 1979 to 1985 and, from then until his retirement in 2002, the Bishop of Bristol. He holds Honorary degrees from Bristol & the West of England Universities. He was made a Freeman of the City and County of Bristol in 2003.

Career

Rogerson was educated at the University of Leeds^[1] and Wells Theological College. Initially a bank employee, he was ordained in 1962, after which he held curacies at St Hilda's South Shields and St Nicholas’ Bishopwearmouth.^[2] From 1967 to 1975 he was a lecturer at Lichfield Theological College and then Salisbury and Wells Theological College, after which he became Vicar and subsequently Team Rector of St Thomas' Church, Wednesfield^[3]—a post he held until his ordination to the episcopate.

In 1978 he was seconded for six months to the Anglican Church of Melanesia to teach at the Bishop Patteson Theological College at Kohimarama in the Solomon Islands. He served as Chairman of the Melanesian Mission in England until his retirement in 2002.

Rogerson was elected as a Suffragan Bishop to the General Synod of the Church of England and House of Bishops in 1982. During his membership of the General Synod he was chairman of the Interfaith Consultancy Group (IFCOG) and continued to be a member of the advisory board of Ministry, ultimately becoming its chairman. During his latter years on the Board he was instrumental in encouraging the Church of England to take the Distinctive Diaconate seriously, introducing the report For Such A Time as This to the General Synod in 2001.^{[clarification needed]}

Ecumenism

Starting as Chairman of Churches Together in Wolverhampton, Rogerson became a member of the World Council of Churches' Faith and Order Commission in 1987, and in 1991 a member of its Central Committee, a role which he held until his retirement. In 1997 he became a member of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) subsequently becoming one of its president. His final contribution was to co-chair with the Reverend. Dr. John B. Taylor the committee which produced the Report The Anglican-Methodist Conversations in 2001.

Ordination of Women

Rogerson has been a supporter of the ordination of women to the priesthood since his days as a student at Leeds University. Alongside John Oliver, then Bishop of Hereford, he was a consultant to The Movement for the Ordination of Women. He ordained the first 32 female priests in the Church of England on 12 March 1994 at his cathedral in Bristol.

In retirement he continues to serve as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Bath and Wells as well as being a governor of the University of the West of England.^[4]

Publications

"Growing Together - Anglican Identity and European Ecumenism", in 2020 Visions, SPCK, 1992
"Turn to God - Rejoice in Hope Taking Responsibility for Ourselves", in The Ecumenical Review, WCC, 1998
"The diaconate: Taking the Ecumenical Opportunity", in Community-Unity-Communion, Church House Publishing, 1998
"Financing the Ministry and Mission of the Church of England", in Evangelische Theologie, 1–2000
"A Translation of the Church of Norway's Ordination Rites", in Studia Liturgica Vol:31(2) 2001

References

^ Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
^ Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
^ "Church website". Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2008.
^ UWE web site

Church of England titles
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Wolverhampton 1979-1985	Succeeded by Christopher Mayfield
Preceded by John Tinsley	Bishop of Bristol 1985–2002	Succeeded by Mike Hill

[1] Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8

[2] Crockford's Clerical Directory2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing, ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0

[3] "Church website". Archived from the original on 30 August 2009. Retrieved 27 November 2008.

[4] UWE web site

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v t e Bishops of Wolverhampton
Barry Rogerson Christopher Mayfield (became first area bishop}
Area bishops	Christopher Mayfield Michael Bourke Clive Gregory Tim Wambunya

v t e Bishops of Bristol
For the sole Bishop suffragan of Bristol, see Henry Holbeach
Bristol (1542)	Paul Bush John Holyman Richard Cheyney John Bullingham Richard Fletcher John Thornborough Nicholas Felton Rowland Searchfield Robert Wright George Coke Robert Skinner Thomas Westfield Thomas Howell Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Gilbert Ironside (Er) Guy Carleton William Gulston John Lake Gilbert Ironside (Yr) John Hall John Robinson George Smalridge Hugh Boulter William Bradshaw Charles Cecil Thomas Secker Thomas Gooch Joseph Butler John Conybeare John Hume Philip Yonge Thomas Newton Lewis Bagot Christopher Wilson Spencer Madan Reginald Courtenay Folliott Cornewall George Pelham John Luxmoore William Lort Mansel John Kaye Robert Gray Joseph Allen Diocese dissolved; see Bishop of Gloucester and Bristol
Bristol (1897)	George Forrest Browne George Nickson Clifford Woodward Frederick Cockin Oliver Tomkins John Tinsley Barry Rogerson Mike Hill Lee Rayfield (acting) Vivienne Faull