children title profession article_title diocese name church
3 : william , lucy & matthew area bishop of wakefield formerly teacher tony robinson -lrb- bishop -rrb-
 diocese of leeds -lrb- 2014 -- present -rrb- tony robinson church of england
tony robinson -lrb- bishop -rrb-

anthony william `` tony '' robinson -lrb- born 25 april 1956 -rrb- -rrb- is the area bishop of wakefield in the diocese of leeds .
he was educated at bedford modern .
after a period of study at salisbury and wells theological college he was ordained in 1983 .
his career began with a curacy at st paul 's , tottenham .
he was then rural dean of north leicester and finally -lrb- before his consecration to the episcopate on 6 december 2002 -rrb- archdeacon of pontefract .
robinson is the patron of street angels - christian nightlife initiatives , a post held since 2010 .
as of late march 2014 he is the only bishop in the church of england to have voted in his diocesan synod against new legislation which could enable women to become bishops .
in 2014 , he became chairman of forward in faith , an anglican movement that opposes the ordination of women to the priesthood and episcopate .
