Anthony Russell

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name = Anthony John Russell
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bishop_of = Bishop of Ely


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enthroned = 2000
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ordination = 1971
consecration = 1988
other_post = Bishop of Dorchester (1988–2000) Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II (1983-8)
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birth_date = January 25, 1943
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Dr Anthony John Russell (born January 25, 1943) is the current Bishop of Ely in the Church of England.

Russell was educated at Uppingham School, St Chad's College, Durham University and Trinity College Oxford, where he earned a DPhil. He studied for the ministry at Ripon College (Cuddesdon).

He was curate in the Hilborough group of parishes in the Diocese of Norwich from 1970 to 1973. From 1973 to 76 he was Priest-in-charge of Preston-on-Stour with Whitchurch and of Atherstone on Stour in the Diocese of Coventry. For the next eleven years he was Vicar of Preston-on-Stour and Whitchurch with Atherstone, and also Canon Theologian of Coventry Cathedral. Between 1973 and 1982 he was Chaplain of the Arthur Rank Centre, and Director between 1983 and 1988.

From 1983-1988 he served as a Chaplain to Queen Elizabeth II. [LondonGazette|issue=49507|startpage=13491|date=14 October 1983|accessdate=2008-04-10] [LondonGazette|issue=51345|startpage=6095|date=24 May 1988|accessdate=2008-04-10] He was nominated as Bishop of Dorchester in 1987, [LondonGazette|issue=51131|startpage=14461|date=24 November 1987|accessdate=2008-04-10] and consecrated in 1988, before being nominated as Bishop of Ely in 2000. [LondonGazette|issue=55844|notarchive=yes|startpage=5127|date=10 May 2000|accessdate=2008-04-10]

He has published a number of books, especially on the role of the church in the countryside, and is leading spokesman for the Church on rural and farming matters. He is a keen horse-rider. He was a member of the Rural Development Commission and was the Archbishops' Commissioner on Rural Areas, and is a Vice President of the Royal Agricultural Society.

He is on the governing Council of Radley College.

References

* The Clerical Profession (1980) ISBN 0-281-03721-3
* http://www.ely.anglican.org/about/whos_who/anthony_russell.html