Michael Marshall (bishop)

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Michael Marshall
Bishop of Woolwich
Diocese Diocese of Southwark
In office1975–1984
Predecessor David Sheppard
Successor Peter Hall
Other post(s)Interim rector, Church of the Heavenly Rest (February 2012–October 2013)
Rector of Holy Trinity Sloane Street (1997–2007 and Hon. Asst. 2015-)
Honorary assistant bishop in London (1984–present); and in Chichester (1992–present)
Orders
Ordination1960 (deacon); 1961 (priest)
Consecration1975
Personal details
Born (1936-04-14) 14 April 1936 (age 86)
Lincoln, UK
Nationality British
Denomination Anglican
Residence Manhattan, NYC (2012–2013)
Chelsea, London (usually)
Profession Author (theology)
Alma mater Christ's College, Cambridge

Michael Eric Marshall (born 14 April 1936) is a British Anglican bishop who served as the eighth Bishop of Woolwich in the Church of England from 1975 to 1984. [1]

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Education and career

Marshall was educated at Lincoln Grammar School and Christ's College, Cambridge. He was ordained a deacon at Michaelmas (26 September) 1960 by the Rt. Rev. Leonard Wilson, Bishop of Birmingham, at St Peter's Church, Spring Hill, in Birmingham, [2] and was ordained a priest the following Michaelmas (25 September 1961) by the Rt. Rev. Michael Parker, Bishop of Aston, at St Agatha's Church, Sparkbrook. [3]

His first ministry position was as a curate at St Peter's Church, Spring Hill, after which he was temporarily a tutor at Ely Theological College and then a chaplain at the University of London. [4] Appointed vicar of All Saints, Margaret Street, London, in 1969, he was consecrated Bishop of Woolwich by the Most Rev. Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey six years later, on 23 September 1975. [5] [6]

Resigning in 1984, he became Director of the Anglican Institute in St Louis, Missouri, in the United States of America before returning to England to be Director of Evangelism at Chichester Theological College. He then became, first, priest in charge and, later, rector of Holy Trinity, Sloane Street, in London, from 1997 to 2007.

In 2003 Marshall founded the Awareness Foundation with the Rev. Nadim Nassar and is currently its President Emeritus and co-author of the Awareness Course. His SPA (Scripture Prayer Action) ministry was developed with the Rev. Soon Han Choi and was initially based at the Church of the Annunciation, Marble Arch, in London.

From 2011 to 2013 Marshall served as interim rector of the Episcopal Church of the Heavenly Rest in New York City, prior to the installation of the Rev. Matthew Heyd. [7] After returning to the United Kingdom he became an honorary assistant priest at Holy Trinity Sloane Street. In retirement he serves as an assistant bishop in London. [8]

Publications

Marshall's books include A Pattern of Faith (1966), Glory under Your Feet (1978), Pilgrimage and Promise (1981), Renewal in Worship (1982), The Gospel Connection and Flame in the Mind (2002) and The Transforming Power of Prayer: From Illusion to Reality (2011).

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References

  1. ↑ The Times , 1 November 1975, p. 13, "New Bishop announced"
  2. ↑ "Michaelmas Ordinations" . Church Times . No. 5094. 30 September 1960. p. 15. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 16 May 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
  3. ↑ "Michaelmas Ordinations" . Church Times . No. 5146. 29 September 1961. p. 19. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 16 May 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
  4. ↑ ‘MARSHALL, Rt Rev. Michael Eric’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 10 July 2012
  5. ↑ "New bishops told: 'It's lonely at the top'" . Church Times . No. 5876. 26 September 1975. p. 3. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 16 May 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
  6. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN   978-0-7151-1030-0
  7. ↑ "The Episcopal Church of Heavenly Rest | Photo Gallery: The Homecoming Celebration of our Community and Installation of the Rev. Matthew Heyd". Archived from the original on 26 April 2014. Retrieved 26 April 2014.
  8. ↑ Crockfords (ibid)
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1975–1984		Succeeded by
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