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Westcott House is an
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based on
Jesus Lane Jesus Lane is a street in central Cambridge, England. Also located on Jesus Lane are Wesley House, Methodist theological college (or seminary), on the north side and Westcott House, a Church of England theological college, on the south side ...
in the centre of the
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city of
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in the United Kingdom.Westcott House website, Home pag

Retrieved on August 27, 2006.
Its main activity is training people for Holy orders, ordained ministry in the
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and other Anglican churches. Westcott House is a founding member of the
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. The college is considered by many to be Liberal Catholic in its tradition, but it accepts ordinands from a range of
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in the Church of England.


History

Westcott House began its life in 1881 as the Cambridge Clergy Training School.
Brooke Foss Westcott Brooke Foss Westcott (12 January 1825 – 27 July 1901) was an English bishop, biblical scholar and theologian, serving as Bishop of Durham from 1890 until his death. He is perhaps most known for co-editing ''The New Testament in the Orig ...
, the then Regius Professor of Divinity at the
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, was its first president. He later became the Bishop of Durham. A pioneering and respected New Testament scholar himself, the school was the product of Westcott's own passionate concern to raise the standard of clergy education and to equip clergy to meet the challenges of parish ministry.Westcott House website
"The History of Westcott House", Retrieved on 13 February 2013.
Westcott was also exercised by the way in which the Church of England was increasingly dominated by parties and factions. Westcott himself eschewed any party affiliation. The college has often been associated with a Liberal Catholic ethos, although its essential charism embraces the breadth of the Church of England and the wider church: 'As a scholar, educator, priest and prophet, Westcott's legacy to the Church of England challenges sectarianism, ignorance, complacency and empty faith. This is the spirit which Westcott House seeks to honour today, drawing students from all backgrounds to prepare them for ministry in this historic centre of Christian learning'. In response to the
Faith in the City ''Faith in the City: A Call for Action by Church and Nation'' was a report published in the United Kingdom in autumn 1985, authored by the Archbishop of Canterbury Robert Runcie's Commission on Urban Priority Areas. The report created a large amo ...
report, published in 1985, the college has retained a firm commitment to develop expertise and capacity in the field of urban ministry and mission. Through its partnership with the Diocese of Manchester, the college has pioneered patterns of context-based learning and innovative approaches to contextual theology for over twenty years. These approaches have been widely imitated and developed by other theological education institutions. The college has also developed a programme for continuing ministerial development through the Westcott Foundation. The college provides training pathways in conjunction with the University of Cambridge and the
Common Awards Common Awards are qualifications for ordinands and lay ministers within the Church of England and its partners in the Baptist, Methodist, and United Reformed churches, delivered in a three-way partnership between theological education institution ...
(validated by
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), as well as opportunities for independent study for undergraduate and postgraduate degrees through the wider Cambridge Theological Federation and Anglia Ruskin University. Westcott House describes itself as "the home of a diverse, inclusive and international community of people who share a vision of ministry to all society". Drawing on the inspiration of B. F. Westcott and others, its ethos is expressed in a rule of life which was adopted in 2014.


Notable people


List of principals

The head of Westcott House is known as the
principal Principal may refer to: Title or rank * Principal (academia), the chief executive of a university ** Principal (education), the head of a school * Principal (civil service) or principal officer, the senior management level in the UK Civil Ser ...
. All the principals of the Clergy Training School and of Westcott House have been Anglican priests. *1887–1901:
Frederic Chase Frederic Henry Chase (21 February 1853, London23 September 1925, Bexhill-on-Sea, Bexhill) was a British academic and Bishop of Ely. Life The only son of Charles Frederic Chase, rector of St Andrew-by-the-Wardrobe, St Andrew by the Wardrobe an ...
*1901–1911: Henry Knight *1911–1916: Charles Lambert ''1916–1919: Closed during
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'' *1919–1943:
Bertram Cunningham Bertram Keir Cunningham (26 March 1871 – 10 September 1944), also known as B. K. Cunningham, was a British Anglican priest and academic. From 1919 to 1943, he was Principal (academia), principal of Westcott House, Cambridge, a Church of Englan ...
*1943–1947:
William Greer William Robert Greer (September 22, 1909 – February 23, 1985) was an Irish-born agent of the U.S. Secret Service, best known as being the driver of President John F. Kennedy's presidential limousine in the motorcade through Dealey Plaza ...
*1948–1961: Kenneth Carey *1962–1972: Peter Walker *1972–1981:
Mark Santer Mark Santer (29 December 1936 – 14 August 2024) was an English Anglican bishop. He was the father of television producer Diederick Santer. Early life and education Santer was educated at Marlborough College and Queens' College, Cambridge, be ...
*1981–1993:
Rupert Hoare Rupert William Noel Hoare (born 3 March 1940) is a former dean of Liverpool and Anglican area Bishop of Dudley. Biography Hoare was born on 3 March 1940 in Sussex, England. He attended the Dragon School in Oxford before attending Rugby School. Up ...
*1993–2006: Michael Roberts *2006–2015: Martin Seeley *2015–2019:
Chris Chivers Christopher Mark "Chris" Chivers (born 16 July 1967) is an Anglican priest, composer, and author. From 2015 until 2019, he was the Principal of Westcott House, Cambridge, an Anglican theological college in the Liberal Catholic tradition. Early ...
*2019–2020 (acting): Paul Dominiak, Vice-Principal *''2020–2021 (interim):
Tim Stevens Timothy John Stevens, (born 31 December 1946) is a retired British Anglican bishop. He was Bishop of Dunwich from 1995 to 1999 and was Bishop of Leicester from 1999 to 2015. From 2003 to 2015, he was a member of the House of Lords as a Lord S ...
'' *2021–present: Helen Dawes


Staff

Besides the aforementioned principals, notable staff have included: *
Charles Freer Andrews Charles Freer Andrews (12 February 1871 – 5 April 1940) was an Church of England, Anglican priest and Christian missionary, educator and social reformer, and an activist for Indian independence movement, Indian independence. He became a clos ...
, vice-principal; then missionary, educator and social reformer in India *
Michael Beasley Michael Paul Beasley Jr. (born January 9, 1989) is an American professional basketball player who last played for the Shanghai Sharks of the Chinese Basketball Association (CBA). He played college basketball for Kansas State University for one ...
, chaplain, tutor and vice-principal; former bishop suffragan of Hertford and current
Bishop of Bath and Wells The Bishop of Bath and Wells heads the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells in the Province of Canterbury in England. The present diocese covers the overwhelmingly greater part of the (ceremonial) county of Somerset and a small area of D ...
. *
Spencer Carpenter Spencer Cecil Carpenter (3 November 1877 – 19 August 1959) was an Anglican priest and author. He was the Dean of Exeter in the Church of England from 1935 to 1950. Carpenter was educated at University College School and Gonville and Ca ...
, vice-principal; later
Dean of Exeter The Dean of Exeter is the head of the Chapter of Cathedral Church of Saint Peter in Exeter, England. The chapter was established by William Briwere, Bishop of Exeter (1224–44) who set up the offices of dean and chancellor of Exeter Cathedr ...
* John Collins, vice-principal: later Canon of
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*
Don Cupitt Don Cupitt (22 May 1934 – 18 January 2025) was an English philosopher of religion and academic of Christian theology. He had been an Anglican priest and a lecturer in the University of Cambridge, though he was better known as a popular writer ...
, vice-principal; later Dean of
Emmanuel College, Cambridge Emmanuel College is a constituent college of the University of Cambridge. The college was founded in 1584 by Sir Walter Mildmay, Chancellor of the Exchequer to Elizabeth I. The site on which the college sits was once a priory for Dominican mo ...
* Charles Garrad, vice-principal; then missionary and Bible translator in Burma *
John Habgood John Stapylton Habgood, Baron Habgood, (23 June 1927 – 6 March 2019) was a British Anglican bishop, academic, and life peer. He was Bishop of Durham from 1973 to 1983, and Archbishop of York from 18 November 1983 to 1995. In 1995, he was made ...
, vice-principal; later
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and
Archbishop of York The archbishop of York is a senior bishop in the Church of England, second only to the archbishop of Canterbury. The archbishop is the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of York and the metropolitan bishop of the province of York, which covers the ...
* John Harmer, vice-principal: later Bishop of Adelaide and
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*
Hugh Montefiore Hugh William Montefiore (born Hugh William Sebag-Montefiore; 12 May 1920 – 13 May 2005) was an English Anglican bishop and academic, who served as Bishop of Kingston from 1970 to 1978 and Bishop of Birmingham from 1978 to 1987. Early life and ...
, vice-principal; later
Bishop of Birmingham The Bishop of Birmingham heads the Church of England Diocese of Birmingham, in the Province of Canterbury, in England. The diocese covers the North West of the historical county of Warwickshire and has its see in the City of Birmingham, Wes ...
* Jeremy Morris, tutor, director of studies and vice-principal; former Master of
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*
Robert Runcie Robert Alexander Kennedy Runcie, Baron Runcie, (2 October 1921 – 11 July 2000) was an English Anglican bishop. He was the Archbishop of Canterbury from 1980 to 1991, having previously been Bishop of St Albans. He travelled the world widely ...
, chaplain, tutor and vice-principal; later principal of
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,
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and
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*
Mary Tanner Dame Mary Elizabeth Tanner, (née Fussell; born 23 July 1938) is a British academic specialising in the Old Testament. She was European President of the World Council of Churches (WCC) from 2006 to 2013 and has been a member of the WCC Faith a ...
, tutor; later European President of the
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* Angela Tilby, tutor and vice-principal; current Canon of
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* Alan Webster, chaplain and vice-principal; later
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* Harry Williams, chaplain and tutor: later Dean of
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, theologian and monk of the
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*
Rowan Williams Rowan Douglas Williams, Baron Williams of Oystermouth (born 14 June 1950) is a Welsh Anglican bishop, theologian and poet, who served as the 104th Archbishop of Canterbury from 2002 to 2012. Previously the Bishop of Monmouth and Archbishop of W ...
, chaplain, tutor and director of studies; later Lady Margaret Professor of Divinity at
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and canon of Christ Church
Bishop of Monmouth The Bishop of Monmouth (Welsh: ''Esgob Mynwy)'' is the diocesan bishop of the Church in Wales Diocese of Monmouth. The episcopal see covers the historic county of Monmouthshire with the bishop's seat located at Newport Cathedral (commonly k ...
,
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,
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and Master of Magdalene *
Edward Wynn Harold Edward Wynn (15 January 1889 – 12 August 1956) was an Anglican bishop. He was born on 15 January 1889 and educated at Mercers' School, London and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. Ordained a priest on Trinity Sunday 1912 (2 June), by Frederic ...
, vice-principal; later
Bishop of Ely The Bishop of Ely is the Ordinary (officer), ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Ely in the Province of Canterbury. The diocese roughly covers the county of Cambridgeshire (with the exception of the Soke of Peterborough), together with ...


Alumni

Notable alumni of Westcott House and of the Clergy Training School include: * Robert Atwell,
bishop of Exeter The Bishop of Exeter is the Ordinary (officer), ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Exeter in the Province of Canterbury. The current bishop is Mike Harrison (bishop), Mike Harrison, since 2024. From the first bishop until the sixteent ...
* Paul Badham, Professor ''emeritus'' of Theology and Religious Studies at the
University of Wales, Lampeter University of Wales, Lampeter () was a university in Lampeter, Wales. Founded in 1822, and incorporated by royal charter in 1828, it was the oldest Academic degree, degree awarding institution in Wales, with limited degree awarding powers sinc ...
* Simon Bailey, writer and priest *
Christina Beardsley Christina Beardsley (born 1951), also known as Tina, is an English retired Anglican priest and healthcare chaplain, theologian, researcher, writer, and advocate for transgender inclusion in the Church of England. Biography Beardsley was bo ...
, priest and advocate for transgender inclusion in the Church of England *
Alister McGrath Alister Edgar McGrath (; born 1953) is an Irish theologian, Anglican priest, intellectual historian, scientist, Christian apologist, and public intellectual. He currently holds the Andreas Idreos Professorship in Science and Religion in the F ...
, Professor in Science and Religion and writer *
Andrew Ballard Andrew Edgar Ballard (born 14 January 1944) is an Anglican priest. He was Archdeacon of Rochdale from 2000 to 2005; and Archdeacon of Manchester from 2005 to 2009. He was educated at Rossall School, St John's College, Durham and Westcott House, ...
, retired
archdeacon of Manchester The Archdeacon of Manchester is a senior ecclesiastical officer in the Church of England in Greater Manchester. The archdeaconry of Manchester was established on 29 September 1843 a few years before the Diocese of Manchester (on 1 September 1847 ...
* David Bartleet, Bishop suffragan of Tonbridge *
Dewi Bridges Dewi Morris Bridges (18 November 1933 – 18 May 2015) was a Welsh Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Swansea and Brecon from 1988 until 1998. Bridges was born in Beaufort in Brecknockshire on 18 November 1933. He was educated at the St Dav ...
,
Bishop of Swansea and Brecon The Bishop of Swansea and Brecon is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Swansea and Brecon. The diocese covers the City and County of Swansea and the ancient counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire. The diocesan cathedral is the ...
* Gareth Bennett, academic renowned for criticising the then-Archbishop *
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,
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*
Stephen Conway Stephen David Conway SCP (born 22 December 1957) is a British Anglican bishop. Since July 2023, he has served as the Bishop of Lincoln; he was previously Bishop of Ely and Bishop of Ramsbury (an area/suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Salisbu ...
, current
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, former
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*
Christopher Cunliffe Christopher John Cunliffe (born 25 September 1955) is a retired Anglican priest who served as Archdeacon of Derby from his appointment in 2006 until his retirement, effective 31 December 2020. He was educated at Charterhouse, Christ Church, Oxfo ...
, current
archdeacon of Derby The three Archdeacons in the Diocese of Derby are senior ecclesiastical officers in the Church of England Diocese of Derby. Each archdeacon has responsibility for church buildings and clergy discipline in her/his respective archdeaconry. History ...
* Henry de Candole, Bishop suffragan of Knaresborough and liturgist * Griff Dines, Provost of
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*
Maurice O'Connor Drury Maurice O'Connor Drury (3 July 1907 – 25 December 1976) was an Irish psychiatrist, best known for his accounts of his conversations, and close friendship, with the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein. Early life and education 'Con' Drury (as ...
, left Westcott after one year *
Peter Eaton Peter David Eaton (born August 28, 1958) is the fourth and current bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southeast Florida. Early life The son of Wade Eaton, an Episcopal priest in the Episcopal Diocese of Puerto Rico, and the late Judith Morse Go ...
, current bishop of the
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* David Edwards, Provost of Southwark * Peter Eliot,
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*
Ralph Emmerson Ralph Emmerson (7 July 1913 – 31 December 2007) was Bishop of Knaresborough from 1972 to 1979. Born in Leeds, West Yorkshire on 7 July 1913 he was educated at Leeds Grammar School and King's College London. He worked initially in the Youth ...
, Bishop suffragan of Knaresborough * Michael (Fisher) SSF, Bishop suffragan of St Germans *
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,
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* Frank Ford,
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*
David Galliford David George Galliford (20 June 1925 – 13 October 2021) was an English Anglican Suffragan Bishop who served in two sees in Manchester diocese between 1975 and 1991. Church career Educated at Bede College and Clare College, Cambridge Gallif ...
, Bishop suffragan of Bolton * Herbert Gwyer, Bishop of George * Stuart Hallam, a current Naval chaplain * Barry Hollowell, Bishop of Calgary *
Forbes Horan Forbes Trevor Horan was the Anglican Bishop of Tewkesbury from 1960 to 1973. The son of a clergyman, Horan was educated at Sherborne and Trinity Hall, Cambridge. After a short military career in the Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Light Infantry ...
, Bishop suffragan of Tewkesbury *
Anthony Hoskyns-Abrahall Anthony Leigh Egerton Hoskyns-Abrahall (13 October 19031 May 1982) was an Anglican priest and bishop who served as the Bishop of Lancaster (a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Blackburn) from 1955 until 1975.Mosley, Charles, editor. ''Burke's P ...
, Bishop suffragan of Lancaster * Noel Hudson,
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* Andrew Hunter, former MP for Basingstoke *
Robert Keable Robert Keable (6 March 1887 – 22 December 1927) was a British novelist, formerly a missionary and priest in the Church of England. He resigned his ministry following his experiences in the First World War and caused a scandal with his 1921 no ...
, novelist and missionary *
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,
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* Barry Morgan, former
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and
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*
Edward Patey Edward Henry Patey (12 August 1915 – 5 September 2005) was the Church of England Dean of Liverpool, England from 1964 to 1982. Patey was born in Bristol and educated at Marlborough College, Hertford College, Oxford and Westcott House, Cambridg ...
,
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* Guy Pentreath, chaplain and headmaster *
John Polkinghorne John Charlton Polkinghorne (16 October 1930 – 9 March 2021) was an English theoretical physicist, theologian, and Anglican priest. A prominent and leading voice explaining the relationship between science and religion, he was professor of ma ...
, theoretical physicist and theologian * William Rees,
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* David Reindorp, vicar * John Richardson,
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* John Robinson, Bishop suffragan of Woolwich * Patrick Rodger,
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* John Edmondson, member of the House of Lords *
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, Bishop of Tokyo * Allan Shaw,
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* Shimun XXI or XXIII Eshai, Patriarch of the
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* Percival Smith,
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*
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, former Bishop of Southwark *
Carol Stone Carol Ann Stone (formerly Peter James Stone, 1954–2014) was an English Anglican priest and chaplain. She was the first serving priest of the Church of England to transition from male to female. She was ordained in 1978 as a male, underwent s ...
, vicar *
Barry Till Barry Dorn Till (1 June 1923 – 12 June 2013) was an Anglican priest, author and academic. He was born on 1 June 1923, educated at Harrow and served in the Coldstream Guards from 1942 to 1946. He studied at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he ...
, academic and educator * Graham Usher, current
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*
Cherry Vann Cherry Elizabeth Vann (born 29 October 1958) is a British Anglican bishop serving as Bishop of Monmouth in the Church in Wales. She previously served as Archdeacon of Rochdale from 2008 to 2020, having served all of her ordained ministry with ...
, current
Bishop of Monmouth The Bishop of Monmouth (Welsh: ''Esgob Mynwy)'' is the diocesan bishop of the Church in Wales Diocese of Monmouth. The episcopal see covers the historic county of Monmouthshire with the bishop's seat located at Newport Cathedral (commonly k ...
* Benjamin Vaughan, former
Bishop of Swansea and Brecon The Bishop of Swansea and Brecon is the Ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Swansea and Brecon. The diocese covers the City and County of Swansea and the ancient counties of Brecknockshire and Radnorshire. The diocesan cathedral is the ...
* Graham Ward, current
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at
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* Richard Watson, former
Bishop of Burnley The Bishop of Burnley is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn, in the Province of York, England. The title takes its name after the town of Burnley in Lancashire. Originally, the suffragan b ...
* David Wilbourne, former
assistant bishop of Llandaff The Bishop of Llandaff is the ordinary of the Church in Wales Diocese of Llandaff. Area of authority The diocese covers most of the County of Glamorgan. The bishop's seat is in the Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul (the site of a ...
* Trevor Willmott, former
bishop of Dover The Bishop of Dover is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Canterbury, England. The title takes its name after the town of Dover in Kent. The Bishop of Dover holds the additional title of "Bishop in ...
* Kenneth Woollcombe, former
Bishop of Oxford The Bishop of Oxford is the diocesan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford in the Province of Canterbury; his seat is at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford. The current bishop is Steven Croft (bishop), Steven Croft, following the Confirm ...


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Image:Westcott House Old Court Lawn.JPG, Old Court Lawn Image:All Saints Jesus Lane.JPG, All Saints Church, Jesus Lane, Cambridge


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Official website
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