Peter Forster (bishop)

Peter Forster
Peter Forster
Bishop of Chester
	Forster in 2018
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Chester
In office	1996–2019
Predecessor	Michael Baughen
Successor	Mark Tanner
Other post(s)	Vicar of Beverley Minster (1992–1996)
Orders
Ordination	1980 (Anglican deacon); 1981 (Anglican priest); by David Sheppard
Consecration	13 November 1996 (Anglican bishop); by David Hope
Personal details
Born	16 March 1950; Solihull, Warwickshire, England
Nationality	British
Denomination	Roman Catholicism (from 2021); Anglicanism (until 2021);
Parents	Thomas Forster; Edna Russell;
Spouse	Elisabeth Anne Stevenson (m. 1978)
Children	4
Alma mater	Merton College, Oxford; University of Edinburgh;
Member of the House of Lords; Lord Spiritual
	In office; 8 November 2001 – 30 September 2019

Peter Robert Forster (born 16 March 1950) is a British former Anglican bishop. He was Bishop of Chester in the Church of England from 1996 and a Lord Spiritual (member of the House of Lords) from 2001 until his retirement in 2019. He was received into the Roman Catholic Church in 2021.

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