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Tuesday 14 March 2000

See of Ely

14 March 2000

The Queen has approved the nomination of the Right Reverend Anthony John Russell BA DPhil , for election as Bishop of Ely in succession to the Right Reverend Stephen Sykes on his resignation.

Notes for Editors

Dr Anthony Russell (born 1943) was educated at St Chad’s College Durham and Trinity College Oxford. He was curate in the Hilborough group of parishes in Norwich Diocese from 1970 to 1973. From 1973 to 76 he was Priest-in-Charge of Preston-on-Stour with Whitchurch and of Atherstone on Stour in Coventry diocese. For the next eleven years he was Vicar of Preston on Stour and Whitchurch with Atherstone, and also Canon Theologian of Coventry Cathedral. Between 1973 and 1982 he was Chaplain of the Arthur Rank Centre, and Director between 1983 and 1988. In 1983 and for the next five years he was Chaplain to The Queen. He has been Area Bishop of Dorchester from 1988. Dr Russell has published a number of books, especially on the role of the church in the countryside, and is leading spokesman for the Church on rural and farming matters. He was a member of the Rural Development Commission and was the Archbishops’ Commissioner on Rural Areas, and is a Vice President of the Royal Agricultural Society. Bishop Russell is married to Sheila and they have two sons and two daughters. His recreations include country pursuits.

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