predecessor successor religion consecration children title other_post article_title parents term birth_date spouse ordination diocese name alma_mater
john gibbs laurie green anglican 1976 2 sons ; 2 daughters bishop of bradwell honorary -rrb- ; in gloucester and in worcester -lrb- 1992 -- assistant 2006 -rrb- archdeacon of colchester -lrb- 1972 -- 1976 -rrb- bishop in chelmsford -lrb- 2006 -- present derek bond -lrb- bishop -rrb-
 charles & doris 1976 -- 1992 area bishop : 1983 -- 1992 4 july 1927 joan meikle 1952 -lrb- deacon -rrb- ; 1953 -lrb- priest -rrb- diocese of chelmsford derek bond king 's college london
derek bond -lrb- bishop -rrb-

charles derek bond -lrb- born 4 july 1927 -rrb- was the bishop of bradwell from 1976 until 1993 , during which time the diocese 's area scheme was founded in 1983 .
bond was educated at bournemouth school and king 's college london before embarking on an ecclesiastical career with a curacy at st peter-le-poer , friern barnet .
after incumbencies at harringay and harrow weald he was appointed archdeacon of colchester before being elevated to the episcopate .
in retirement he continues to serve the church as an assistant bishop -- previously within the diocese of worcester and currently in the diocese of chelmsford .
