Christopher Mayfield

Christopher Mayfield
Christopher Mayfield
Bishop of Manchester
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Manchester
In office	c. 1993 – 2002 (retirement)
Predecessor	Stanley Booth-Clibborn
Successor	Nigel McCulloch
Other post(s)	Honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Worcester (2002–present); Bishop of Wolverhampton (1985–1993 (area bishop: 1992–1993)); Archdeacon of Bedford (1980–1985)
Orders
Ordination	1964
Consecration	1985
Personal details
Born	18 December 1935 (age 88); Plymouth, Devon, United Kingdom
Denomination	Anglican
Alma mater	Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge

Christopher John Mayfield (born 18 December 1935^[1]) is a retired Anglican bishop of the Church of England.

Mayfield was born in Plymouth but grew up in Worcester and was educated at Sedbergh School and Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge, where he read Mechanical Sciences. After four years teaching engineering in the Royal Air Force he was ordained in 1964 and became a curate at St Martin's in the Bull Ring, Birmingham.^[2] He was then a lecturer at the same church before becoming the Vicar of Luton.

He was appointed the Rural Dean of Luton in 1974^[3] and then the Archdeacon of Bedford (1979–1985) before his appointment to the episcopate as the Bishop of Wolverhampton in 1985.^[4] He was consecrated as a bishop on 30 November 1985, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at St Paul's Cathedral.^[5] He was translated in 1993 to be Bishop of Manchester and retired in 2002. He currently ministers as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Worcester.

References[edit]

^ Who's Who 1992 (London, A & C Black ISBN 0-7136-3514-2)
^ Crockford's clerical directory, 1995 (Lambeth, Church House ISBN 0-7151-8088-6)
^ Debrett's People of Today 1992 (London, Debrett's) ISBN 1-870520-09-2
^ The Times, 31 July 1985; pg. 14; Issue 62204; col D, Church news New Bishop of Wolverhampton
^ "picture caption". Church Times. No. 6408. 6 December 1985. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 1 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.

Church of England titles
Preceded by Barry Rogerson	Bishop of Wolverhampton 1985–1993	Succeeded by Michael Bourke
Preceded by Stanley Booth-Clibborn	Bishop of Manchester 1993–2002	Succeeded by Nigel McCulloch

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v t e Bishops of Wolverhampton
Barry Rogerson Christopher Mayfield (became first area bishop}
Area bishops	Christopher Mayfield Michael Bourke Clive Gregory

v t e Archdeacons of Bedford
High Medieval	Osbert Ralph Hugh Nicholas Alan Richard Geoffrey Alexander of Elstow John de Houton Amaury of Buckden John de Dyham John Crakehall Peter de Audeham John de Maidenstan Nicholas de Hegham Richard de Bradewell John Hook
Late Medieval	Roger Rothwell/Rowell Thomas Neville Edmund London John Daubeny Philip Daubeny Thomas Cumpton John Irtlingburgh Thomas Stowe William Aghton Richard Caudray William Derby Robert Thornton Thomas Salisbury John Rudying John Collinson Henry Sharp Thomas Hutton
Early modern	William Cosyn John Chambre Gilbert Bourne John Pope Michael Dunning Richard Barber William Todd John Robinson Roger Parker George Eland John Hacket Francis Wilford Theophilus Dillingham John Skelton Thomas Frank John Dudley John Taylor Charles Jenner Richard Grey Hadley Cox William Done Richard Shepherd
Late modern	Samuel Vince Henry Bonney Henry Tattam Henry Rose Frederick Bathurst Noel Hodges Arthur Parnell Gerard Lander William Robins Donald Harris Basil Guy Basil Snell John Hare Robert Brown Christopher Mayfield Michael Bourke Malcolm Lesiter Paul Hughes Dave Middlebrook