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Colin James Bennetts (born 9 September 1940) is a British Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Coventry.
The son of James Thomas Bennetts and Winifred Couldrey, he was educated at Battersea Grammar School, at Jesus College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in modern and medieval languages and theology and a Master of Arts in 1963, and at Ridley Hall, Cambridge.
From 1965 to 1969, Bennetts was Curate of St Stephen, Tonbridge, from 1969 to 1973 Chaplain to the Oxford Pastorate, from 1973 to 1980 Chaplain of Jesus College, Oxford and from 1980 to 1990 Vicar and Canon Librarian of St Andrew, Oxford. In 1990, he became canon residentiary of Chester Cathedral and Diocesan Director of Ordinands, holding both posts until 1994. Between 1994 and 1998 he was area Bishop of Buckingham. From 1998 to 2008 he was the 8th Bishop of Coventry. Bennetts is trustee of the Coventry Diocesan Board of Finance and chair of the International Centre for Reconciliation.
References
- "DodOnline". http://www.dodonline.co.uk/engine.asp?lev1=4&lev2=38&menu=81&biog=y&id=26824. Retrieved 2006-11-21.
Church of England titles Preceded by
Simon Hedley BurrowsBishop of Buckingham
1994 –1998Succeeded by
Michael Arthur HillPreceded by
Simon Barrington-WardBishop of Coventry
1998 –2008Succeeded by
Christopher CocksworthBishops of Buckingham Edward Shaw • Philip Eliot • Robert Hay • Gordon Savage • Christopher Pepys • Simon Burrows • Colin Bennetts • Mike Hill • Alan Wilson
Bishops of Coventry Suffragan Henry Bowlby • Edmund Knox
Diocesan Huyshe Yeatman-Biggs • Charles Carre • Mervyn Haigh • Neville Gorton • Cuthbert Bardsley • John Gibbs • Simon Barrington-Ward • Colin Bennetts • Christopher Cocksworth
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