Peter Robert Forster (born 16 March 1950) is a British Anglican clergy and the current Bishop of Chester. March 16 is the 75th day of the year in the Gregorian Calendar (76th in leap years). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... Arms of the Bishop of Chester The Bishop of Chester heads the Anglican Diocese of Chester in the Province of York. ...

The son of Thomas and Edna Forster was educated at the Tudor Grange Grammar School for Boys, in Solihull and Merton College, Oxford, where he received a Master of Arts in chemistry in 1973. At the Edinburgh University, Forster graduated with a Bachelor of Divinity in theology in 1977 and became a Doctor of Philosophy in 1985. Solihull (IPA: , or , or some combination of the two; occasionally ) is a large town in the West Midlands in England with a population of 94,753 [1]. It is a part of the West Midlands conurbation and is located 9 miles (14. ... College name The House of Scholars of Merton Named after Walter de Merton Established 1264 Sister College Peterhouse Warden Prof. ... The degree of Master of Arts degree is an undergraduate degree awarded by the universities of Oxford and Cambridge as well as by the University of Dublin. ... Chemistry (from Greek χημεία khemeia[1] meaning alchemy) is the science of matter at the atomic to molecular scale, dealing primarily with collections of atoms, such as gases, molecules, crystals, and metals. ... The University of Edinburgh was founded in 1583 as a renowned centre for teaching in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... A Bachelor of Divinity (BD or BDiv) is usually an undergraduate academic degree awarded for a courses taken in the study of divinity or related disciplines, such as theology or, rarely, religious studies. ... Theology (Greek θεος, theos, God, + λογια, logia, words, sayings, or discourse) is reasoned discourse concerning religion, spirituality and gods. ... This does not cite its references or sources. ...

From 1980 to 1982, Forster was assistant curate of the Mossley Hill Parish Church in Liverpool. He was senior tutor at St John's College, Durham between 1983 and 1991, and became vicar of Beverley Minster in the following. In 1996, he was appointed 40th Bishop of Chester and became a Lord Spiritual at the House of Lords in 2001.^[1] Liverpool is a city and metropolitan borough in Merseyside, England, along the eastern side of the Mersey Estuary. ... St Johns College is a college of the University of Durham in England. ... The West front of Beverley Minster. ... The Lords Spiritual of the United Kingdom, also called Spiritual Peers, consist of the 26 clergymen of the established Church of England who serve in the House of Lords along with the Lords Temporal. ... This article is about the British House of Lords. ...

Forster has been married to Married Elisabeth Anne Stevenson since 1978; they have two sons and two daughters.

References

1. ^ House of Lords (2001-11-14). Announcement of his introduction at the House of Lords. minutes of proceedings. Retrieved on 2006-11-20.

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