Anthony Michael Arnold Turnbull (born 27 December 1935) was the Bishop of Durham in the Church of England from 1994 until 2003. Turnbull was born in Wombwell, South Yorkshire. He was a student at Keble College, Oxford, graduating in 1958. He prepared for ordained ministry at Cranmer Hall and St John's College, University of Durham. He was ordained deacon in 1960 and priest in 1961 in Manchester Cathedral.

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  • Michael Turnbull ist ein englischer Bischof der anglikanischen Church of England.
  • Anthony Michael Arnold Turnbull (born 27 December 1935) was the Bishop of Durham in the Church of England from 1994 until 2003. Turnbull was born in Wombwell, South Yorkshire. He was a student at Keble College, Oxford, graduating in 1958. He prepared for ordained ministry at Cranmer Hall and St John's College, University of Durham. He was ordained deacon in 1960 and priest in 1961 in Manchester Cathedral. After ordination he initially served as curate of Middleton in the Diocese of Manchester before moving in 1961 to be curate of Luton with East Hyde in the Diocese of Saint Albans. In 1965, he moved to York to be domestic chaplain to the Archbishop of York and director of ordinands for the Diocese of York. In 1969, he was appointed chaplain to the University of York, a position he held in conjunction with being vicar of nearby Heslington. In 1976, he was appointed chief secretary of the Church Army. In 1984, he was appointed Archdeacon of Rochester and was then to be consecrated as the Bishop of Rochester in 1988. From 1994, until his retirement in 2003, he was the Bishop of Durham, the fourth most senior bishop in the Church of England with a seat in the House of Lords. Turnbull was appointed CBE in 2003 for services to the North East and to the Church of England. He holds honorary doctorates from Greenwich University (D. Litt) and Durham University (DD). He is a Deputy Lieutenant in the County of Kent. Turnbull's leadership of the Church of England focused on reorganisation of its administrative structures. He chaired the Turnbull Commission (Archbishops' Commission on the Organisation of the Church of England) which led to the creation of the Archbishops' Council in 1995. After the commission had finished its duties, he was appointed chairman of the Ministry Division of the Archbishops' Council. Turnbull is married to Brenda and the couple, who live in Kent, have three children (Rachel, Mark and Becky) and seven gorgeous grandchildren (Emily, Eleanor, James, Charlotte, Isobel, Hugh, and Henry). Following episcopal tradition, he signed his name +Michael Roffen while he was Bishop of Rochester and +Michael Dunelm while he was Bishop of Durham. In retirement, Turnbull is an honorary assistant bishop in the dioceses of Canterbury, Rochester and Europe. His writing includes "God's Front Line"; "Parish Evangelism"; "Learning to pray" ; "The state of the Church and the Church of the State"(2012)
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  • Michael Turnbull ist ein englischer Bischof der anglikanischen Church of England.
  • Anthony Michael Arnold Turnbull (born 27 December 1935) was the Bishop of Durham in the Church of England from 1994 until 2003. Turnbull was born in Wombwell, South Yorkshire. He was a student at Keble College, Oxford, graduating in 1958. He prepared for ordained ministry at Cranmer Hall and St John's College, University of Durham. He was ordained deacon in 1960 and priest in 1961 in Manchester Cathedral.
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