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Stephen John Oliver (born 7 January 1948) was the
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Bishop of Stepney The Bishop of Stepney is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Stepney, an inner-city district in the London Borough of ...
from 2003 to 2010. Oliver was trained for the priesthood at
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, spending his final year at
St Augustine's College, Canterbury St Augustine’s College in Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom, was located within the precincts of St Augustine's Abbey about 0.2 miles (335 metres) ESE of Canterbury Cathedral. It served first as a missionary college of the Church of England (18 ...
before a
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at
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. After an
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at St Mary Plumtree in the same diocese he became head of religious programming at the
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. From 1997 until 2003 he was a
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at
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,
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St Paul’s appointment
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Bishop of Stepney The Bishop of Stepney is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after Stepney, an inner-city district in the London Borough of ...
following
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's appointment as
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. Oliver retired on 6 July 2010.Diocese of London — Service held for retiring Bishop of Stepney
/ref> In March 2013 'Inside Grief' edited by Oliver was published by SPCK.


Styles

* ''
The Reverend The Reverend is an style (manner of address), honorific style most often placed before the names of Christian clergy and Minister of religion, ministers. There are sometimes differences in the way the style is used in different countries and c ...
'' Stephen Oliver (1971–1997) * ''The Reverend''
Canon Canon or Canons may refer to: Arts and entertainment * Canon (fiction), the conceptual material accepted as official in a fictional universe by its fan base * Literary canon, an accepted body of works considered as high culture ** Western ca ...
Stephen Oliver (1997–2003) * ''The
Right Reverend The Right Reverend (abbreviated The Rt Revd, The Rt Rev'd, The Rt Rev.) is a style applied to certain religious figures. Overview *In the Anglican Communion and the Catholic Church in Great Britain, it applies to bishops, except that ''The M ...
'' Stephen Oliver (2003–present)


References

1948 births Living people Alumni of the Theological Department of King's College London Associates of King's College London Alumni of St Augustine's College, Canterbury Bishops of Stepney 21st-century Church of England bishops {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub