predecessor successor religion children title other_post parents term birth_date spouse article_title diocese name alma_mater
jack nicholls geoff pearson anglican 2 sons ; 1 daughter bishop of lancaster honorary -rrb- assistant bishop in newcastle -lrb- 2005 -- present geoffrey knight & muriel pedley 1998 -- 2005 13 september 1940 mary macdonald -lrb- m. 1970 -rrb- stephen pedley
 diocese of blackburn stephen pedley queens ' college , cambridge
stephen pedley

geoffrey stephen pedley -lrb- known as stephen ; born 13 september 1940 -rrb- was the anglican bishop of lancaster from 1998 until 2005 .
he was educated at marlborough and queens ' college , cambridge .
ordained in 1966 after a period of study at ripon college cuddesdon he began his career with curacies in liverpool and coventry before a spell in zambia .
returning to england in 1977 he became vicar of st peter 's , stockton-on-tees and then whickham before becoming a residentiary canon at durham cathedral , a post he held until his elevation to the episcopate .
