enthroned predecessor successor religion consecration title other_post birth_date article_title diocese name alma_mater
1985 eric mercer michael langrish anglican 1974 bishop of exeter honorary -rrb- bishop of willesden 1974 -- 1985 -lrb- area bishop assistant 1979 -- 1985 -rrb- bishop in carlisle -lrb- 1999 -- present 14 august 1929 hewlett thompson
 diocese of exeter hewlett thompson trinity hall , cambridge
hewlett thompson

geoffrey hewlett thompson -lrb- born 14 august 1929 -rrb- is a retired anglican bishop .
he is a former bishop of exeter in the church of england .
thompson was educated at aldenham school and trinity hall , cambridge .
after national service in the queen 's own royal west kent regiment , he studied for ordination at cuddesdon college and began his ordained ministry with a curacy at st matthew 's northampton after which he was first vicar of st augustine , wisbech and subsequently of st saviour 's folkestone .
he was consecrated to the episcopate as suffragan bishop of willesden in 1974 , became area bishop upon the foundation of the london area scheme in 1979 and six years later he was translated to diocesan bishop of exeter .
in retirement he continues to serve the church as an honorary assistant bishop within the diocese of carlisle .
