Gordon Roe

William Gordon Roe (5 January 1932[1] – 19 July 1999)[2] was a British Anglican bishop who served as Bishop of Huntingdon (sole suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Ely) from 1980 until 1997.

Roe was educated at Bournemouth School, Jesus College, Oxford and St Stephen's House. He was made deacon on Trinity Sunday 1958 (1 June)[3] and ordained priest the Trinity Sunday following (24 May 1959) — both times by Alwyn Williams, Bishop of Winchester, at Winchester Cathedral.[4] After a curacy at Bournemouth[5] he was Priest in charge of St Michael's, Abingdon[6] and then Vice Principal of St Chad's College, Durham. Following this he was Vicar of St Oswald's Durham from 1974–80 and Rural Dean of Durham until his appointment to the episcopate. He was consecrated a bishop on 3 November 1980, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[7]

References

1. Who's Who 1992 (London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
2. On-line obituary
3. "Ordinations at Trinity". Church Times (#4973). 6 June 1958. p. 13. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
4. "List of Trinity Ordinations". Church Times (#5024). 29 May 1959. p. 13. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
5. “Crockford's clerical directory, 1995” (Lambeth,Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
6. ”Debrett's People of Today 1992” (London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2)
7. "picture caption". Church Times (#6143). 7 November 1980. p. 3. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 16 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.