THE Area Bishop of Buckingham, Dr Alan Wilson, has died unexpectedly, aged 68, the Bishop of Oxford, Dr Steven Croft, has announced. “The Church has lost a wise, pastoral and prophetic bishop,” Dr Croft wrote. Dr Wilson had been Bishop of Buckingham for 20 years, and was on a sabbatical planning for his retirement next year when he died. Dr Wilson studied at St John’s College, Cambridge, and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, before his ordination as deacon in 1979 and priest in 1980. Guy Elsmore, who worked closely with Dr Wilson, expressed his sadness and sympathies to the family of behalf of the area team.

Source: The Times February 19, 2024 09:59 UTC