predecessor successor religion consecration title other_post profession article_title parents term birth_date spouse ordination diocese name alma_mater
christopher hill geoff annas anglican 2005 bishop of stafford honorary -- present -rrb- provost -lrb- 1999 -- '' 2002/3 '' assistant -rrb- then dean of birmingham -lrb- '' 2002/3 '' -- bishop 2005 -rrb- in glasgow & galloway -lrb- 2010 author -lrb- theology -rrb- gordon mursell
 philip & sheena 2005 -- 2010 4 may 1949 anne muir -lrb- m. 1989 -rrb- 1973 -lrb- deacon -rrb- ; 1974 -lrb- priest -rrb- diocese of lichfield gordon mursell brasenose college , oxford
gordon mursell

alfred gordon mursell -lrb- born 4 may 1949 -rrb- is a former suffragan bishop of stafford in the church of england .
mursell was educated at ardingly college and brasenose college , oxford .
ordained in 1974 he began his career with a curacy at st mary walton , liverpool and was then successively vicar of st john 's east dulwich , a tutor at wells theological college , team rector of stafford -lrb- 1991 -- 1999 -rrb- , provost -lrb- 1999 -- 2002/3 -rrb- and then dean of birmingham -lrb- 2002/3 -- 2005 -rrb- before his ordination to the episcopate as the suffragan bishop of stafford - a post he vacated in june 2010 .
a prolific author , he is also a keen hill walker .
he is a member of the athenaeum club .
