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Bishop of Ely

Lord Bishop of Ely

Rt Revd Anthony Russell

Areas of political interest
Agriculture, rural development issues, environment, international development

House of Lords activity

Entered House of Lords 2007

Most recent contributions in the Lords

Previous contributions:

Details of Bishop Anthony speaking in the House of Lords:

(courtesy of UK Parliament Hansard website):

2007/2008 sessions here

Details of Bishop Anthony’s voting in the House of Lords:

(courtesy of ‘The Public Whip’): here

Biographical details
Year of birth 1943

St Chad’s College, Durham BA 1965
Trinity College, Oxford DPhil 1971
Ripon College, Cuddesdon 1965
Deacon 1970, priest 1971
Assistant curate Hilborough w Bodney 1970-1973
Priest-in-charge Preston on Stour w Whitchurch 1973-1976
Vicar Preston on Stour and Whitchurch w Atherstone 1977-1988
Canon Theologian Coventry Cathedral 1977 -1988
Bishop of Dorchester 1988-2000
Bishop of Ely 2000 –

Contact

Lords

The Rt Revd Lord Bishop of Ely, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW

Diocese

The Bishop’s House, Ely, Cambridgeshire CB7 4DW bishop@ely.anglican.org

Owen Spencer Thomas, Bishop’s Press Officer 01223 358448 mb 07801 492151Owen.Spencer-Thomas@ely.anglican.org

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