Stephen Lake


Stephen Lake
Bishop of Salisbury
Bishop Lake in 2022
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Salisbury
In officeApril 2022 to present
PredecessorNick Holtam
Previous post(s)Dean of Gloucester (2011–2022)
Orders
Ordination1988 (deacon)
1989 (priest)
Consecration25 April 2022
by Justin Welby
Personal details
Born (1963-12-17) 17 December 1963 (age 60)
DenominationAnglican

Stephen David Lake (born 17 December 1963) is an Anglican clergyman and author who has been Bishop of Salisbury since April 2022; he was previously Dean of Gloucester from June 2011.

After a curacy at Sherborne Abbey he was priest in charge at St Aldhelm's Church, Branksome then Rural Dean of Poole. He was a Canon Residentiary and Sub-Dean at St Albans Cathedral from 2001 until June 2011, when he became Dean of Gloucester. He was confirmed as Bishop of Salisbury in April 2022.