# Gordon Mursell

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**Alfred Gordon Mursell** (born 4 May 1949) is a retired British [Anglican](/source/Anglican) bishop and author. From 2005 to 2010, he was the [Bishop of Stafford](/source/Bishop_of_Stafford) in the [Church of England](/source/Church_of_England).[1]

Mursell was educated at [Ardingly College](/source/Ardingly_College) and [Brasenose College, Oxford](/source/Brasenose_College,_Oxford).[2] [Ordained](/source/Ordained) in 1974 he began his career with a [curacy](/source/Curate) at St Mary [Walton](/source/Walton,_Liverpool), [Liverpool](/source/Anglican_Diocese_of_Liverpool)[3] and was then successively [Vicar](/source/Vicar) of St John's [East Dulwich](/source/East_Dulwich), a [tutor](/source/Tutor) at [Wells Theological College](/source/Wells_Theological_College), [Team Rector](/source/Rector_(academia)) of [Stafford](/source/Stafford) (1991–1999), Provost (1999–2002/3)[a] and then [Dean of Birmingham](/source/Dean_of_Birmingham) (2002/3–2005) [4] before his ordination to the [episcopate](/source/Suffragan_Bishop)[5] as the suffragan [Bishop of Stafford](/source/Bishop_of_Stafford) - a post he vacated in June 2010. A prolific author, he is also a keen hill walker.[2] He is a member of the [Athenaeum Club](/source/Athenaeum_Club,_London).

## Publications

- The Theology of the Carthusian Life (1988)
- Out of the Deep: prayer as protest (1989)
- The Wisdom of the Anglo-Saxons (1996)
- English Spirituality (2001)
- The Bonds of Love: St Peter Damian's Theology of the Spiritual Life (2021)

## Styles

- Gordon Mursell (1949–1974)
- The Revd Gordon Mursell (1974–1999)
- The Very Revd Gordon Mursell (1999–2005)
- The Rt Revd Gordon Mursell (2005–present)

## Notes

1. Mursell is described as Provost on 22 February 2002[6] and as Dean on 31 October 2003.[7]

## References

1. Crockfords Online - accessed 9 March 2008, 19:37

1. ‘MURSELL, Rt Rev. (Alfred) Gordon’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [\[1\]](http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U28603), accessed 8 July 2012

1. Crockford’s clerical directory 1975-76 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN 0-19-200008-X

1. [BBC News Reporting his appointment to the Suffragan See of Stafford](https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/staffordshire/4521741.stm)

1. [Official notification](http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page7458.asp) [Archived](https://web.archive.org/web/20071110173550/http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page7458.asp) 2007-11-10 at the Wayback Machine

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