Alfred Gordon Mursell (born 4 May 1949) is a retired British

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bishop and author. From 2005 to 2010, he was the

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in the

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. Mursell was educated at

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and

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.‘MURSELL, Rt Rev. (Alfred) Gordon’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 201

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in 1974 he began his career with a

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at St Mary Walton,

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and was then successively

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of St John's East Dulwich, a

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(1991–1999), Provost (1999–2002/3) and then Dean of Birmingham (2002/3–2005) before his ordination to the

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as the suffragan

- a post he vacated in June 2010. A prolific author,His works include Out of the Deep: prayer as protest,(1989) The Wisdom of the Anglo-Saxons (1997) and English Spirituality (2001) he is also a keen hill walker. He is a member of the Athenaeum Club.

Publications

*The Theology of the Carthusian Life (1988) *Out of the Deep (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)

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1949 births Living people People educated at Ardingly College Alumni of Brasenose College, Oxford Associates of the Royal College of Music Bishops of Stafford Writers from Guildford Provosts and Deans of Birmingham Clergy from Guildford {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub