Bishop of Chester, the Rt Revd Peter Forster

14.03 Bishop of Chester

Political interests:

Environment/Climate Change.

Leads for the Lords Spiritual on Science and Technology

House of Lords Activity:

Entered House of Lords 2001 as the Bishop of Chester

To view all of the bishop’s recent speeches, on this website click here

Full list of speeches & questions in past sessions (from UK Parliament webpages):

Committee and All Party Group Membership

House of Lords Administration and Works Committee

Privacy and Injunctions (Joint Committee) (2011-12)

All-Party Parliamentary Group for Justice on Our Roads

 

Biographical Details:

Year of birth, 1950

Merton College, Oxford: MA 1973
Edinburgh University: BD 1977, PhD 1985
Edinburgh Theological College: 1978-1980
Deacon: 1980,  Priest: 1981
Assistant curate, Mossley Hill, Liverpool: 1980-1982
Senor tutor, St John’s College, Durham: 1983-1991
Vicar, Beverley Minster: 1991-1996
Bishop of Chester 1996 –

Biography on UK Parliament website (including Register of Interests)

Contact:

Lords:
The Rt Revd Lord Bishop of Chester
House of Lords
London
SW1A 0PW

Diocese:
Bishop’s House
Abbey Square
Chester
CH1 2JD
More information about the bishop and his ministry can be found on the Chester Diocese website.