Norman Atkinson Russell (born 7 August 1942) is a British clergyman who was the
Archdeacon of Berkshire until Easter 2013. His retirement service was Sunday 12 May 2013
Biography
Russell was born in 1942 and educated at the
Royal Belfast Academical Institution and
Churchill College, Cambridge
Churchill College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge, England. It has a primary focus on science, engineering and technology, but still retains a strong interest in the arts and humanities.
In 1958, a trust was establish ...
. After an earlier career as an
accountant
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he was
ordained
Ordination is the process by which individuals are consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the denominational hierarchy composed of other clergy) to perform va ...
in 1971.
[''Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition)'', Church House Publishing ().] He began his ministry with
curacies
A curate () is a person who is invested with the ''care'' or ''cure'' (''cura'') ''of souls'' of a parish. In this sense, "curate" means a parish priest; but in English-speaking countries the term ''curate'' is commonly used to describe clergy w ...
at Christ Church with Emmanuel,
Clifton, Bristol
Clifton is both a suburb of Bristol, England, and the name of one of the city's thirty-five council wards. The Clifton ward also includes the areas of Cliftonwood and Hotwells. The eastern part of the suburb lies within the ward of Clifton Do ...
and
Christ Church, Cockfosters. He was
Rector of
Harwell Harwell may refer to:
People
* Harwell (surname)
* Harwell Hamilton Harris (1903–1990), American architect
Places
* Harwell, Nottinghamshire, England, a hamlet
*Harwell, Oxfordshire, England, a village
**RAF Harwell, a World War II RAF airfield, ...
with
Chilton, Oxfordshire from 1977 to 1984 and then
Priest in charge at St James,
Gerrards Cross
Gerrards Cross is a town and civil parish in south Buckinghamshire, England, separated from the London Borough of Hillingdon at Harefield by Denham, south of Chalfont St Peter and north bordering villages of Fulmer, Hedgerley, Iver Heath and St ...
. Later he was
Rural Dean
In the Roman Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion as well as some Lutheran denominations, a rural dean is a member of clergy who presides over a "rural deanery" (often referred to as a deanery); "ruridecanal" is the corresponding adjective. ...
of
Amersham
Amersham ( ) is a market town and civil parish within the unitary authority of Buckinghamshire, England, in the Chiltern Hills, northwest of central London, from Aylesbury and from High Wycombe. Amersham is part of the London commuter belt.
...
and after his appointment as
Archdeacon
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Prolocutor A prolocutor is a chairman of some ecclesiastical assemblies in Anglicanism.
Usage in the Church of England
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of the
Lower house
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of the
Convocation of Canterbury
The Convocations of Canterbury and York are the synodical assemblies of the bishops and clergy of each of the two provinces which comprise the Church of England. Their origins go back to the ecclesiastical reorganisation carried out under Arc ...
.
2006 Convocation of Canterbury
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Current Honorary research fellow at St Stephen's House, Oxford.
References
1943 births
People educated at the Royal Belfast Academical Institution
Alumni of Churchill College, Cambridge
Archdeacons of Berkshire
Living people
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