Gordon Mursell

Alfred Gordon Mursell (born 4 May 1949) is a retired British Anglican bishop and author. From 2005 to 2010, he was the Bishop of Stafford in the Church of England.^[1]

Mursell was educated at Ardingly College and Brasenose College, Oxford.^[2] Ordained in 1974 he began his career with a curacy at St Mary Walton, Liverpool ^[3] and was then successively Vicar of St John's East Dulwich, a tutor at Wells Theological College, Team Rector of Stafford (1991–1999), Provost (1999–2002/3)^{[lower-alpha 1]} and then Dean of Birmingham (2002/3–2005) ^[6] before his ordination to the episcopate^[7] as the suffragan Bishop of Stafford - a post he vacated in June 2010. A prolific author,^[8] he is also a keen hill walker.^[2] He is a member of the Athenaeum Club.

Publications

• The Theology of the Carthusian Life (1988)
• Out of the Deep (1989)
• The Wisdom of the Anglo-Saxons (1996)
• English Spirituality (2001)

Styles

• Gordon Mursell (1949–1974)
• The Revd Gordon Mursell (1974–1999)
• The Very Revd Gordon Mursell (1999–2005)
• The Rt Revd Gordon Mursell (2005–present)

Notes

References

1. ↑ Crockfords Online - accessed 9 March 2008, 19:37
2. 1 2 ‘MURSELL, Rt Rev. (Alfred) Gordon’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 8 July 2012
3. ↑ Crockford’s clerical directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
4. ↑ "Classified (Archived; subscription only)". Church Times (#7252). 22 February 2002. p. 21. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 31 December 2014. (subscription required (help)). 
5. ↑ "Features (Archived; subscription only)". Church Times (#7339). 31 October 2002. p. 14. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 31 December 2014. (subscription required (help)). 
6. ↑ BBC News Reporting his appointment to the Suffragan See of Stafford
7. ↑ Official notification
8. ↑ His works include Out of the Deep: prayer as protest,(1989) The Wisdom of the Anglo-Saxons (1997) and English Spirituality (2001)