# Rupert Bursell

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{{Short description|British barrister and Anglican priest}}
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'''Rupert David Hingston Bursell''', {{Post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KC}} (born 10 November 1942) is a British [barrister](/source/barrister) and [Anglican](/source/Anglican) priest, educated at [St John's School, Leatherhead](/source/St_John's_School%2C_Leatherhead), the [University of Exeter](/source/University_of_Exeter) (LLB) and [St Edmund Hall, Oxford](/source/St_Edmund_Hall%2C_Oxford) (MA, DPhil).<ref name="WW 2018" /> He was a [circuit judge](/source/Circuit_judge_(England_and_Wales)) from 1988 to 2008, a senior circuit judge from 2003 to 2008, and a [deputy high court judge](/source/deputy_high_court_judge) from 2009 to 2011. He was also the [Chancellor](/source/Chancellor_(ecclesiastical)) of the [Diocese of Durham](/source/Diocese_of_Durham) from 1989 to 2017, of the [Diocese of Bath and Wells](/source/Diocese_of_Bath_and_Wells) from 1992 to 1993, of the [Diocese of St Albans](/source/Diocese_of_St_Albans) from 1992 to 2002, and the [Diocese of Oxford](/source/Diocese_of_Oxford) from 2002 to 2013.<ref name="WW 2018">{{Who's Who|title=Bursell, His Honour Rev. Canon Rupert David Hingston|id=9575}}</ref><ref name="Crockford">{{Crockford| surname = Bursell | forenames = Rupert David Hingston | id = 19367 | accessed = 14 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Diocese Announces New Chancellor|url=http://durhamdiocese.org/diocese-announces-new-chancellor/|website=Durham Diocese|date=20 September 2017}}</ref>

==Honours==
In 2018, Bursell was awarded the [Canterbury Cross for Services to the Church of England](/source/Canterbury_Cross_for_Services_to_the_Church_of_England) "for his contribution to the understanding and application of ecclesiastical law in the Church of England".<ref name="2018 Lambeth Awards">{{cite web|title=Archbishop of Canterbury presents 2018 Lambeth Awards|url=https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/latest-news/archbishop-canterbury-presents-2018-lambeth-awards|website=The Archbishop Of Canterbury|access-date=14 April 2018|date=6 April 2018}}</ref>

==Selected works==
* {{cite book |last1=Bursell |first1=Rupert D. H. |title=Liturgy, order and the law |date=1996 |publisher=Clarendon Press |location=Oxford |isbn=978-0198262497}}

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