Peter Eagles
Peter Eagles | |
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Bishop of Sodor and Man | |
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Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Diocese of Sodor and Man |
In office | 2017–present |
Predecessor | Robert Paterson |
Other post(s) | Archdeacon for the Army (2011–2017) Deputy Chaplain-General (2014–2017) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1989 (deacon) by Graham Leonard 1990 (priest) by Tom Butler |
Consecration | 22 June 2017 by John Sentamu |
Personal details | |
Born | Peter Andrew Eagles 6 July 1959 |
Nationality | British |
Residence | Thie yn Aspick, Douglas[1] |
Spouse | Gail (m. 1992) |
Children | One |
Education | Royal Grammar School, Guildford |
Alma mater | |
Military career | |
Allegiance | United Kingdom |
Service/ | British Army |
Years of service | 1990–2017 |
Rank | Deputy Chaplain General (equivalent to brigadier) |
Service number | 539182 |
Unit | Royal Army Chaplains' Department |
Peter Andrew Eagles, QHC (born 6 July 1959) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2017, he has been the Bishop of Sodor and Man; he was consecrated a bishop in the Church of England in June 2017, and he was installed in September 2017. He is a former chaplain of the British Army, serving as Archdeacon for the Army (2011–2017) and the Deputy Chaplain-General of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department (2014–2017).
Early life and education
Eagles was born on 6 July 1959.[2] He was educated at the Royal Grammar School, an all-boys independent school in Guildford, Surrey.[2] He studied German and Russian at King's College, London, and he graduated in 1982 with a first class Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and the Associateship of King's College (AKC).[2][1]
Between 1982 and 1986, Eagles was an assistant master at Tonbridge School, an independent school in Tonbridge, Kent, and also worked as a freelance translator.[2] In 1986, he entered St Stephen's House, Oxford, an Anglo-Catholic theological college, to train for holy orders and study theology.[1] He graduated with a further BA in 1988.[2]
Ordained ministry
Eagles was ordained in the Church of England: made a deacon at Petertide 1989 (1 July), by Graham Leonard, Bishop of London, at St Paul's Cathedral[3] and ordained a priest the Petertide following (1 July 1990), by Tom Butler, Bishop of Willesden, at his title church.[4] From 1989 to 1992, he served his curacy at St Martin's Church, Ruislip, an Anglo-Catholic church in the Diocese of London.[2]
Military service
On 27 January 1990, Eagles was commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department of the British Army as a Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class (equivalent in rank to captain).[5] He was promoted to Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class (equivalent in rank to major) on 27 January 1998,[6] and to Chaplain to the Forces 2nd Class on 5 September 2005 (equivalent in rank to lieutenant colonel).[7] From 2007 to 2008, he was Chaplain of the Royal Military Chapel (Guards Chapel) at Wellington Barracks in London.[1]
On 28 January 2008, Eagles was promoted to Chaplain to the Forces 1st Class (equivalent in rank to colonel) and appointed an Assistant Chaplain General.[2][8] On 28 July 2011, he was collated and licensed as the Archdeacon for the Army, the most senior Anglican chaplain in the British Army, during a service at Lambeth Palace Chapel;[9] as such he is a member of the General Synod of the Church of England.[10] From 2013 to 2014, he attended the Royal College of Defence Studies to prepare for further promotion.[2] On 14 July 2014, he was appointed the Deputy Chaplain General (equivalent in rank to brigadier), thereby becoming the second most senior chaplain in the British Army.[11]
Eagles officially retired from the British Army on 6 July 2017.[12]
Episcopal ministry
On 4 May 2017, it was announced that Eagles would be the next Bishop of Sodor and Man.[13][14] He was consecrated a bishop on 22 June 2017 during a service at York Minster,[15] by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York.[16] He was installed at the Cathedral Church of St German in Peel, Isle of Man on 30 September 2017.[17] As Bishop of Sodor and Man, he has an ex-officio seat on the Legislative Council of the Isle of Man which he took up upon his installation as bishop.[18]
Views
Eagles belongs to the Anglo-Catholic wing of the Church of England.[19] Though he has a traditionalist background, due to the circumstances of the Diocese of Sodor and Man (only having one bishop), he plans to "ordain all who are called to be deacons and priests".[19][20]
Personal life
In 1992, Eagles married Gail Seager. Together they have one son.[2]
Honours
On 17 October 2013, Eagles was appointed an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen (QHC).[21] On 15 October 2015, he was installed as an honorary canon of Salisbury Cathedral.[22][23]
References
- ^ a b c d "Eagles Peter Andrew". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Eagles, Peter Andrew". Who's Who. ukwhoswho.com. Vol. 2017 (November 2016 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 22 June 2017. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
- ^ "Petertide ordinations". Church Times. No. 6595. 7 July 1989. p. 4. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 July 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "Ordinations at Petertide". Church Times. No. 6648. 13 July 1990. p. 5. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 6 July 2017 – via UK Press Online archives.
- ^ "No. 60932". The London Gazette (Supplement). 3 February 1992. p. 1842.
- ^ "No. 55032". The London Gazette (Supplement). 2 February 1998. p. 1250.
- ^ "No. 57747". The London Gazette (Supplement). 6 September 2005. p. 11453.
- ^ "No. 58707". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 May 2008. p. 7940.
- ^ "Collation service for new Archdeacon for the Army". rowanwilliams.archbishopofcanterbury.org. Church of England. 28 July 2011. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ "Synod Elections 2015: Results". churchofengland.org. Church of England. Retrieved 26 September 2016.
- ^ "No. 60932". The London Gazette (Supplement). 15 July 2014. p. 3.
- ^ "No. 61991". The London Gazette (Supplement). 11 July 2017. p. 13119.
- ^ "Peter Eagles appointed new Isle of Man bishop". BBC News. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ "Bishop of Sodor and Man: Peter Eagles". Government of the United Kingdom. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ "The Consecration of the Venerable Peter Eagles, 22 June 2017". Diocese of Sodor and Man. 9 May 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ York Minster — Consecration of the Bishop of Sheffield and Bishop of Sodor and Man[permanent dead link] (Accessed 22 June 2017)
- ^ "Peter Eagles: New bishop of Sodor and Man installed at Peel Cathedral". BBC News. 30 September 2017. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ "The Lord Bishop" (PDF). Tynwald Day 2017. 5 July 2017. p. 10. Retrieved 2 October 2017.
- ^ a b Wyatt, Tim (4 May 2017). "Catholic Group army padre Peter Eagles to be Bishop of Sodor & Man". Church Times. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ "Bishop of Sodor and Man Announced". Diocese of Sodor and Man. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
- ^ "No. 60745". The London Gazette (Supplement). 7 January 2014. p. 194.
- ^ Thomas, Marie (20 October 2015). "Four canons installed – to the sound of new music!". Salisbury Cathedral. Church of England. Retrieved 27 September 2016.
- ^ Tollast, Oscar (14 September 2015). "Four new Canons set to join Salisbury Cathedral". Dorset Echo. Retrieved 4 May 2017.
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