Wilfred Wood (bishop)


Wilfred Wood
Bishop of Croydon
DioceseDiocese of Southwark
In office1985–2002
PredecessorStuart Snell
SuccessorNick Baines
Other post(s)Area bishop of Croydon (1991–2002)
Archdeacon of Southwark (1982–85)
Orders
Ordination1961, St Michael's, Bridgetown (deacon)
1962, St Paul's, London (priest)
Consecration1985
Personal details
Born (1936-06-15) 15 June 1936 (age 88)
NationalityBarbadian British
DenominationAnglican
ResidenceChrist Church, Barbados[1]
ParentsWilfred & Elsie
SpouseIna Smith (m. 1966)
Children3 sons; 2 daughters
ProfessionWriter
Alma materCodrington College

Wilfred Denniston Wood KA (born 15 June 1936) is a Barbadian-British Anglican minister who was the Bishop of Croydon from 1985 to 2003 (and the first area bishop there from 1991), the first black bishop in the Church of England. He came second in the "100 Great Black Britons" list in 2004.[2]

  1. ^ "WOOD, Rt Rev. Wilfred Denniston", Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011, accessed 9 July 2012.
  2. ^ "Ex-bishop is top 10 Brit". Croydon Guardian. 18 February 2004. Retrieved 28 January 2010.