Stephen Pedley

The Right Reverend

Stephen Pedley
Bishop of Lancaster
DioceseBlackburn
In office1998–2005
PredecessorJack Nicholls
SuccessorGeoff Pearson
Other postsHonorary assistant bishop in Newcastle (2005–20??)
Honorary Chaplain to the Queen (1984–1998)
Orders
Ordination1966
Consecration20 March 1998
Personal details
Born(1940-09-13)13 September 1940
Died1 July 2026(2026-07-01) (aged 85)
DenominationAnglican
ParentsGeoffrey Knight, Muriel Pedley
SpouseMary Macdonald (m. 1970)
Children3
EducationQueens' College, Cambridge

Geoffrey Stephen Pedley (13 September 1940 – 1 July 2026) was the Bishop suffragan of Lancaster from 1998 until 2005.

Biography

Pedley was born on 13 September 1940 and educated at Marlborough College and Queens' College, Cambridge. Ordained in 1966 after studying at Ripon College Cuddesdon he began his career with curacies in the Liverpool and Coventry dioceses before some time in Zambia. Returning to England in 1977 he became vicar of St Peter's, Stockton-on-Tees and then Whickham before becoming a residentiary canon at Durham Cathedral, a post he held until his ordination to the episcopate.

Pedley died on 1 July 2026, aged 85.

References

  1. ↑ Lancaster Priory Timeline – 1998[link removed] (Accessed 26 April 2014)
  2. ↑ Resignation details Archived 2 April 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ↑ Burkes’s Peerage details
  4. ↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  5. ↑ Who's Who (Ibid)
  6. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directoryv2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 9780715110300)
  7. ↑ ""Church Times": Deaths, 10 July 2026". Retrieved 18 July 2026.