Former Rotherham vicar to be bishop of Bedford
A FORMER vicar of Rotherham All Saints' Church has been appointed the Bishop of Bedford.
The Venerable Richard Atkinson OBE will be consecrated at St Paul's Cathedral, Bedford, on May 17.
He became Vicar of Rotherham All Saints in 1996 after serving as Team Rector in Sheffield Manor.
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Hide AdHe is currently Archdeacon of Leicester and had been a member of the General Synod since 1996.
Archdeacon Atkinson's wife, Helen, is a professor of engineering at Leicester University.
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