Bishops

The Right Reverend Geoffrey Rowell

Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe: The Right Reverend Geoffrey Rowell (2001) (The third Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe, commissioned 18th October 2001, enthroned in Gibraltar Cathedral, 1st November 2001) Bishop’s Lodge, Church Road, Worth, Crawley, West Sussex, RH10 7RT T: +44 (0)1293 883051 F: +44 (0)1293 884479 E: geoffrey.rowell@europe.c-of-e.org.uk Bishop’s Chaplain & Office Manager: The Reverend Kevin O’Brien (2006) E: kevin.obrien@europe.c-of-e.org.uk Bishop’s Personal Assistant: Mrs Margaret Gibson (2006) E: margaret.gibson@europe.c-of-e.org.uk Bishop Geoffrey's Diary Bishop’s Press Officer: The Reverend Paul Needle (2005) T: +34 964 413166 Mobile +34 662 482 944 E: paul.needle@europe.c-of-e.org.uk Administrative Assistant: Mrs Sue Hibling E: secretary@dioceseineurope.org.uk sue.hibling@europe.c-of-e.org.uk

The Right Reverend David Hamid

The Suffragan Bishop’s Office Suffragan Bishop: The Right Reverend David Hamid (2002) 14 Tufton Street, London, SW1P 3QZ T: +44 (0)20 7898 1160 F: +44 (0)20 7898 1166 E:david.hamid@europe.c-of-e.org.uk Biography and Responsibilities Suffragan Bishop’s Chaplain and Personal Assistant: The Revd Deacon Frances Hiller (2002) E:frances.hiller@europe.c-of-e.org.uk Bishop David's Diary

Honorary Assistant Bishops

Each Honorary Assistant Bishop holds the Bishop’s Commission for one of two reasons: that (a) he is the currently serving bishop in office of a Church or Diocese on the Continent in Communion with the Church of England, or (b) that for some other reason or expertise the Bishop has invited him to accept his Commission to minister as a bishop in our Diocese.

Chaplains may approach honorary assistant bishops direct to invite their involvement in a liturgical celebration or pastoral activity. The archdeacon should be informed. A chaplain who wishes a bishop whose name is not on this list to be invited to minister (whether currently in office or retired), should inform the diocesan Bishop who will write to invite the bishop in question.

The Diocesan Handbook has the following at C1(j):

From time to time the diocesan Bishop commissions honorary assistant bishops to share with him and the Suffragan bishop in Episcopal ministry in the Diocese. The assistant bishops (which include the serving Anglican bishops in Continental Europe – COABICE) may accept invitations from chaplains to confirm or preside at worship without further recourse to the diocesan Bishop.

A chaplain who wishes to invite to minister in a particular chaplaincy any bishop in communion who is not already an honorary assistant bishop of this Diocese, should note that they should ask the diocesan Bishop to invite the bishop in question to minister as requested.

Chaplaincies are liable for the travel costs and other expenses of any honorary assistant bishop whom they invite to minister in the chaplaincy.

1. Bishops of Dioceses or Churches in Communion currently in Office

An asterisk * indicates an Anglican Bishop who is a member of the College of Anglican Bishops in Continental Europe (COABICE).

* The Right Reverend Fernando Soares (1995)
Bishop of the Lusitanian Church (Portuguese Episcopal Church)
Centro Diocesano, Apartado 392, 4431-905 Vila Nove de Gaia, Portugal
T: +351 223 754018
F: +351 223 752016
E: bisposoares@igreja-lusitana.org

* The Right Reverend Carlos López-Lozano (1995)
Bishop of the Spanish Reformed Episcopal Church
c/o IERE, Calle de Beneficencia 18, 28004 Madrid, Spain
T: +34 914 452 560
F: +34 915 944 572
E: eclesiae@arrakis.es

The Right Reverend Joachim Vobbe (1999)
Bishop of the Old Catholic Church of Germany
Gregor-Mendel-Strasse 28, D-53115 Bonn, Germany
T: +49 228 23 22 85
E: ordinariat@alt-katholisch.de

* The Right Reverend Pierre Whalon (2001)
Bishop in charge of the Convocation of American Churches in Europe
American Cathedral, 23 Avenue George V, 75008 Paris, France
T: +33 1 53 23 84 00 (cathedral)
F: +33 1 47 23 95 30 (cathedral)
E: office@tec-europe.org

The Right Reverend Fritz-René Muller (2004)
Willadingweg 39, CH-3006 Bern, Switzerland
T: +44 (0) 41 31 351 35 30
F: +44 (0) 41 31 352 95 60
E: bischof@christkath.ch
 

2. Retired Bishops available for liturgical celebrations and pastoral activities

The Right Reverend Patrick Harris (1999)
Apt B, Ireton House, Pavilion Gardens, The Park, Cheltenham, GL50 2SP
T: +44 (0) 1242 231376
E: pandvharris@blueyonder.co.uk

The Right Reverend Richard Garrard (2001)
26 Carol Close, Stoke Holy Cross, Norwich NR14 8NN
T: +44 (0)1508 494165
E: garrard.r.a@btinternet.com

The Right Reverend Edward Holland (2002) Suffragan Bishop in Europe 1986-95
37 Parfrey Street, London, W6 9EW
T: +44 (0)20 8746 3636
E: ed.holland@btopenworld.com

The Right Reverend David Smith (2002)
34 Cedar Glade, Dunnington, York YO19 5QZ
T: 44 (0)1904 481225
E: david@djmhs.force9.co.uk

The Right Reverend Michael Turnbull (2003)
67 Strand Street, Sandwich CT13 9HN
T: 44 (0)1304 611389
E: bstmt@btopenworld.com

The Right Reverend Alan Chesters (2005)
64 Hallfields Road, Tarvin, Chester CH3 8ETZ
T: + 44 (0)1829 740825
E: alan@chesters1934.freeserve.co.uk

The Right Reverend David Hope (2007)
Contact via the Diocesan Office

3. Retired Bishops occasionally available for liturgical celebrations only

The Right Reverend Eric Devenport (1993)
Assistant bishop and Archdeacon of Italy and Malta 1992-97
6 Damocles Court, Pottergate, Norwich NR2 1HN

The Right Reverend Michael Manktelow (1994)
14 Little London, Chichester, West Sussex, PO19 1NZ

The Right Reverend John Taylor KCVO (1998)
22 Conduit Head Road, Cambridge CB3 0EY

The Right Reverend Ambrose Weekes CB (1988)
First Suffragan Bishop of the Diocese in Europe 1980-86
Charterhouse, London EC1M 6AN

The Dean of Holy Trinity Cathedral, Gibraltar

The Very Reverend Dr John Paddock (2008)
The Deanery, Bomb House Lane, Gibraltar
T: +350 78377 (Deanery)
T: +350 75745 (Cathedral)
F: +350 78463
E: deangib@gibraltar.gi

Vicars General

Under Section 12 (a) of the Diocesan Constitution, “The diocesan Bishop may at his discretion appoint one or more vicars-general to assist him in the administration of the Diocese.

In his licence to a vicar general the diocesan Bishop may delegate any or all of the following functions —

1. the issuing of letters of appointment to chaplains;
2. the issuing, in the Bishop's name, of licences and permissions to officiate to priests, deacons, deaconesses, lay workers and readers;
3. the instituting of chaplains in the absence of the Bishop or archdeacon;
4. the issuing of faculties for alterations, additions and repairs to the fabric and ornaments of churches and to churchyards;
5. the holding of visitations on behalf of the diocesan Bishop.

Where any function specified in a licence requires the application of the Bishop’s seal to a document, that seal shall be affixed and the document shall be executed by the vicar general authorised by the licence to discharge that function.

During the vacancy of any archdeaconry, the diocesan Bishop shall appoint either a vicar general or some other person in priests orders to carry out the duties of the archdeacon.”