predecessor successor children consecration title other_post article_title term ordination diocese name alma_mater
andrew radford '' ruth worsley -lrb- announced -rrb- '' 2 sons & 1 daughter 7 december 2006 bishop of taunton archdeacon of wells -lrb- 2003 -- 2006 -rrb- peter maurice -lrb- bishop -rrb-
 2006 '' -- 30 april 2015 '' -lrb- retired -rrb- 1975 diocese of bath and wells peter maurice durham university
peter maurice -lrb- bishop -rrb-

peter david maurice -lrb- born 14 april 1951 -rrb- was the bishop of taunton until 30 april 2015 .
maurice was educated at durham university and the college of the resurrection , mirfield .
ordained in 1975 , he was a curate at st paul 's wandsworth , then team vicar at mortlake with east sheen , then of holy trinity rotherhithe , rural dean of bermondsey , vicar of all saints ' tooting and finally , before his ordination to the episcopate , the archdeacon of wells .
an avid sports fan , maurice is married to elizabeth , with two sons and one daughter .
