Stephen Pedley

Geoffrey Stephen Pedley (known as Stephen;^[2] born 13 September 1940^[3]) was the Bishop suffragan of Lancaster from 1998 until 2005.^[4]

The Right Reverend Stephen Pedley
Bishop of Lancaster
Diocese	Diocese of Blackburn
In office	1998–2005
Predecessor	Jack Nicholls
Successor	Geoff Pearson
Other post(s)	Honorary assistant bishop in Newcastle (2005–present) Honorary Chaplain to the Queen (1984–1998)
Orders
Ordination	c. 1966
Consecration	20 March 1998[1]
Personal details
Born	(1940-09-13) 13 September 1940 (age 84)
Denomination	Anglican
Parents	Geoffrey Knight & Muriel Pedley
Spouse	Mary Macdonald (m. 1970)
Children	2 sons; 1 daughter
Alma mater	Queens' College, Cambridge

He was educated at Marlborough and Queens' College, Cambridge.^[5] Ordained in 1966 after a period of study at Ripon College Cuddesdon he began his career with curacies in Liverpool and Coventry before a spell in Zambia. Returning to England in 1977 he became Vicar of St Peter's, Stockton-on-Tees^[6] and then Whickham before becoming a Residentiary Canon at Durham Cathedral,^[7] a post he held until his elevation to the Episcopate.