Robert Innes (bishop)

Robert Innes
The Right Reverend; Robert Innes
	Bishop in Europe
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese in Europe
In office	2014–present
Predecessor	Geoffrey Rowell
Other posts	Senior Chaplain and Chancellor of Holy Trinity, Brussels (2005–2014); Chaplain to the Queen (2012–present)
Orders
Ordination	1995 (deacon); 1996 (priest); by Michael Turnbull
Consecration	20 July 2014; by Justin Welby
Personal details
Born	1959 (age 61–62); Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	Waterloo, Belgium
Spouse	Helen Innes (m. 1985)
Children	4
Profession	Previously engineer; lecturer; systematic theologian
Alma mater	King's College, Cambridge

Robert Neil Innes (born 1959) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2014, he has been the Bishop in Europe.

Early life and education

Innes was born in Wolverhampton and educated at the Royal Grammar School, Guildford, and studied engineering at Cambridge University, gaining his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1982. He worked in the electric power industry until 1989 when he went to train for the priesthood at Cranmer Hall, Durham, whence he gained a further BA (in Theology) in 1991 and his doctorate (Doctor of Philosophy, PhD) from Durham University in 1995.[1]

Church of St Mary Magdalene, Belmont

Innes was made a deacon at Petertide (2 July) 1995, by Michael Turnbull, Bishop of Durham, at Durham Cathedral,[2] and ordained a priest the next year. He then became a lecturer in systematic theology at St John's College, Durham (of which Cranmer Hall is a part), while serving two titles/curacies: he was ordained to the title of St Cuthbert's Church, Durham[2][3] and then served a curacy at Sherburn, Pittington and Shadforth from 1997. He remained in these posts until 1999,[1] when he was appointed as vicar of St Mary Magdalene Church in Belmont.[4]

He moved to Brussels, taking his first Diocese in Europe post in 2005, as Chancellor and Senior Chaplain (i.e. the priest-in-charge) of Holy Trinity Pro-Cathedral, Brussels; he was additionally appointed a Chaplain to the Queen (an honorary post) in 2012. He was appointed Bishop in Europe in 2014;[1] he was consecrated as a bishop on 20 July 2014 at Canterbury Cathedral by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury (with co-consecrators Richard Chartres, Bishop of London and Tim Dakin, Bishop of Winchester) and installed at Gibraltar Cathedral on 4 September 2014.[5] As Bishop in Europe, his residence is in Waterloo, Belgium.[3]

Innes married in 1985 and has four children.[1]

"Innes, Robert Neil". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. 2017 (November 2016 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 25 June 2017. (subscription or UK public library membership required)
"Petertide ordinations". Church Times (#6908). 7 July 1995. p. 7. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 25 June 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
"Robert Neil Innes". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 26 June 2017.
Diocese in Europe – New Diocesan Bishop Appointed (Archived 29 November 2014; accessed 22 December 2015)
The Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar – Events (Archived 10 August 2014; accessed 22 December 2015)

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Bishops of Gibraltar and in Europe
Bishops of Gibraltar	George Tomlinson Walter Trower Charles Harris Charles Sandford William Collins Henry Knight John Greig Nugent Hicks Harold Buxton Cecil Horsley Frederick Craske Stanley Eley John Satterthwaite (became Bishop in Europe)
Bishops in Europe	John Satterthwaite John Hind Geoffrey Rowell Robert Innes