Trevor Willmott

{{Short description|British bishop}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2018}} {{Use British English|date=March 2018}} {{Infobox Christian leader | honorific_prefix = The Right Reverend | name = Trevor Willmott | honorific_suffix = Honorary Assistant Bishop - Diocese of Bath and Wells | predecessor = | other_post = Bishop of Basingstoke {{nowrap|(2002–2009)}} Bishop of Dover {{nowrap|(2010–2019)}} Bishop of the Channel Islands (2019-2022)  | ordination = 1974 (deacon) by John Hare 1975 (priest) by Robert Runcie | consecration = 2002 | consecrated_by = George Carey  | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|3|29|df=y}} | nationality = British | religion = Anglican | residence = | spouse = Margaret {{marriage||1973}}<ref>{{Who's Who | title=Willmott, Trevor | id = U41938 | volume = 2017 | edition = November 2016 online | access-date = 6 July 2017 }}</ref> | children = one<ref name="dio-dover">[https://web.archive.org/web/20120308062159/http://www.canterburydiocese.org/bishopofdover/biography.pdf Canterbury Diocese — Bishop of Dover]</ref> | alma_mater = St Peter's College, Oxford }} {{Portal|Christianity}} '''Trevor Willmott''' (born 29 March 1950) is a British retired bishop in the Church of England. He was the Bishop of Basingstoke (one of two suffragan bishops in the Diocese of Winchester) from 2002 to 2009 and then Bishop of Dover (''de facto'' diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury) from 2010 until his retirement in 2019. In retirement, he remains bishop for the Channel Islands.<ref name="cd-ret">{{Cite web |url=https://www.canterburydiocese.org/bishop-of-dover-retires/ |title=Bishop of Dover retires |date=13 May 2019 |publisher=The Diocese of Canterbury |access-date=2019-05-14}}</ref>

==Early life and education== Willmott undertook an undergraduate degree at St Peter's College, Oxford. He studied for ordination at Fitzwilliam College and Westcott House, Cambridge.

==Ordained ministry== Willmott was made a deacon at Petertide 1974 (30 June), by John Hare, Bishop of Bedford, at St Mary's Church, Luton,<ref>{{Church Times | title = Petertide ordinations | archive = 1974_07_05_015 | issue = 5812 | date = 5 July 1974 | page = 15 | accessed = 6 July 2017 }}</ref> and ordained a priest the Petertide following (6 July 1975), by Robert Runcie, Bishop of St Albans, at St Albans Cathedral.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Ordinations | archive = 1975_07_11_015 | issue = 5865 | date = 11 July 1975 | page = 15 | accessed = 6 July 2017 }}</ref> He was a curate at St George's Church, Parish of Norton, Letchworth Garden City in the Diocese of St Albans from 1974 to 1977. From 1978 to 1979, he was assistant chaplain of Oslo with Trondheim before moving to become the chaplain of Naples with Capri, Bari and Sorrento from 1979 to 1983. He was also officiating chaplain to the British and American forces in Southern Europe from 1979 to 1983. All of these appointments were in the Diocese in Europe.

In 1983, Willmott returned to the United Kingdom as rector of Ecton, Northamptonshire, and warden of the Peterborough diocesan retreat house at Ecton House. In addition to these positions, he became Diocesan Director of Ordinands and of Post-Ordination Training in 1986. He became a canon residentiary and precentor of Peterborough Cathedral in 1989 (remaining Diocesan Director of Ordinands and of Post-Ordination Training) until 1997, when he became a canon residentiary of Durham Cathedral and Archdeacon of Durham.

===Episcopal ministry=== On 8 May 2002, Willmott was consecrated a bishop by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Southwark Cathedral.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://win.diocese.org.uk:80/pr12.02.htm |title=The Venerable Trevor Willmott to be the New Bishop of Basingstoke |publisher=Diocese of Winchester |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020628164926/http://win.diocese.org.uk:80/pr12.02.htm |archive-date=28 June 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref> He succeeded Geoffrey Rowell as Bishop suffragan of Basingstoke (in the Diocese of Winchester) following Rowell's appointment as Bishop in Europe.<ref>{{cite press release |url=http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page20851 |title=Suffragan See of Dover |publisher=Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street |date=5 October 2009 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091019064451/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page20851 |archivedate=19 October 2009 }}</ref> He was installed as the Bishop of Basingstoke on 11 May 2002 at Winchester Cathedral.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.winchester.anglican.org/page.php?id=922 |title=Installation of the Bishop of Basingstoke |publisher= The Diocese of Winchester |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20110722110655/http://www.winchester.anglican.org/page.php?id=922 |archivedate=22 July 2011 }}</ref> In 2010, he was translated to Dover. The bishop suffragan of Dover is legally delegated full responsibility for the Diocese of Canterbury, acting as diocesan bishop in place of the Archbishop of Canterbury (who is Primate of All England and first bishop in the Anglican Communion);<ref>{{cite news |work=The Daily Telegraph |page=30 |title=Senior appointments in the clergy |issue=48,013 |date=14 October 2009}}</ref> Willmott was installed as the Bishop of Dover on 6 February 2010 at Canterbury Cathedral.

In January 2014, in an interim arrangement, Willmott was appointed to oversight of the Channel Islands (part of the Diocese of Winchester) following a breakdown of relations with the Bishop of Winchester over the handling of alleged abuse.<ref>{{cite press release |title=Bishop of Dover to assume interim episcopal oversight in Channel Islands |url=http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/5232/bishop-of-dover-to-assume-interim-episcopal-oversight-in-channel-islands |publisher=The Archbishop of Canterbury |date=22 January 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304084118/http://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/articles.php/5232/bishop-of-dover-to-assume-interim-episcopal-oversight-in-channel-islands|archivedate=4 March 2014 |url-status=dead |accessdate=27 February 2024}}</ref> Willmott retired on 12 May 2019.<ref>{{cite press release |url=https://www.canterburydiocese.org/we-can-bring-hope-says-bishop-of-dover |title=We can bring hope, says Bishop of Dover |date=1 April 2019 |publisher=The Diocese of Canterbury |accessdate=27 February 2024}}</ref> In retirement, he retains oversight of the Channel Islands and his commission as an honorary assistant bishop of the Diocese of Winchester.<ref name="cd-ret" />

==Styles== *''The Reverend'' Trevor Willmott (1973–1989) *''The Reverend'' Canon Trevor Willmott (1989–1997) *''The Venerable'' Trevor Willmott (1997–2002) *''The Right Reverend'' Trevor Willmott (2002–present)

==References== <references/> {{S-start}} {{S-rel|en}} {{S-bef|before=Derek Hodgson}} {{S-ttl|title=Archdeacon of Durham|years=1997–2002}} {{S-aft|after=Stephen Conway}} {{S-bef|before=Geoffrey Rowell}} {{S-ttl|title=Bishop of Basingstoke|years=2002–2010}} {{S-aft|after=Peter Hancock}} {{S-bef|before=Stephen Venner}} {{S-ttl|title=Bishop of Dover|years=2010–2019}} {{S-aft|after=Rose Hudson-Wilkin}} {{S-end}} {{Archdeacons of Durham}} {{Bishops of Basingstoke}} {{Bishops of Dover}} {{Diocese of Winchester}} {{authority control}}

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