Lord Bishop of Guildford
Rt Revd Christopher Hill
Parliamentary Spokesperson for:
Europe; Voluntary Sector
Overseas Partner Diocese in the Anglican
Communion:
Nigeria - Inter-Diocesan West Africa Link
House of Lords Activity:
Entered House of Lords, 2010
Speeches:
Biographical Details:
Year of birth, 1945
King's College London, Bachelor of Divinity: 1967
Associate, King's College London: 1967
King's College London, Master of Theology: 1968
Curate, Tividale (Lichfield Diocese): 1969-1973, Codsall:
1973-1974
Archbishop of Canterbury's Assistant Chaplain for Foreign
Relations: 1974-1981
Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission: 1974-
Archbishop's Secretary for Ecumenical Affairs: 1982-1989
Honorary Canon of Canterbury Cathedral: 1982-1989
Canon Residentiary and Precentor of St. Paul's Cathedral:
1989-1996
Chaplain to Her Majesty the Queen: 1987-1996
Select Preacher, Oxford University: 1990-
Bishop of Stafford: 1996-2004
Bishop of Guildford: 2004-
Clerk of the Closet (involving attendance on The Queen when
newly appointed bishops pay homage): 2005-
Other Interests:
Chair of the Council for Christian
Unity
Chair of the Ecclesiastical Law Society
Vice-President of the Council for European
Churches
The House of Bishops' Europe Group
The House of Bishops' Theological Group
The Council of King's College, London
The Surrey Community Foundation
Patron of a number of local charities in
Surrey
Personal Interests:
Art and its relation to faith, music and opera, reading,
walking, engineering, canals and railways - particularly the Great
Western - and good food and wine
Contact:
Lords
The Rt Revd Lord Bishop of Guildford
House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW
Diocese
Willow Grange
Woking Road
Jacob's Well
Guildford
Surrey
GU4 7QS
Tel: 01483 590500
Email: bishop.christopher@cofeguildford.org.uk
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