Stephen Platten


Stephen Platten

Bishop of Wakefield
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Wakefield
In office2003 – 2014 (See dissolved)
PredecessorNigel McCulloch
Other post(s)Dean of Norwich
(1995 – 2003)
Rector of St Michael, Cornhill (2014 – 2016)[1]
Honorary Assistant Bishop (July 2014 – present)
Orders
Ordination1975
Consecration1 May 2003[2]
Personal details
Born (1947-05-17) 17 May 1947 (age 77)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsGeorge Henry Platten & Marjory née Sheward[3]
SpouseRosslie Thompson[3]
Children2 sons: Aidan and Gregory[3]
Alma materInstitute of Education, London Trinity College, Oxford

Stephen George Platten FSA (born 17 May 1947 at Southgate, Middlesex), is a retired Anglican prelate, the last to serve as diocesan Bishop of Wakefield in the Church of England.

Consecrated as a bishop on 19 July 2003, he was installed at Wakefield Cathedral on 19 July 2003.[2] Platten previously served as Dean of Norwich from 1995.

  1. ^ Diocese of London – St Michael's Cornhill to welcome the Rt Revd Stephen Platten as Rector (Accessed 20 April 2014)
  2. ^ a b "Diocese of Adelaide — Archbishop's Report to the Synod, 31 May 2003" (PDF). Archived from the original on 19 August 2006. Retrieved 16 October 2010.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
  3. ^ a b c Stephen Plattern CV — April 2005 Archived 10 July 2007 at the Wayback Machine