Will Stewart (bishop), Date of Birth, Date of Death

Will Stewart (bishop)

Bishop of Taunton, born 1943

Date of Birth: 19-Sep-1943

Date of Death: 24-Mar-1998

Profession: priest

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Virgo

William Allen Stewart (called Will; 19 September 1943 – 24 March 1998) was a Bishop of Taunton whose brief tenure from June 1997 until March 1998 was one of the shortest in the Anglican Communion.
He was also, at 6 feet 7 inches, one of its tallest. Stewart was educated at Uppingham and Trinity College, Cambridge (where he gained a Cambridge Master of Arts {MA Cantab}).
Made a deacon at Michaelmas 1968 (29 September) and ordained a priest the Michaelmas following (28 September 1969), both times by John Taylor, Bishop of Sheffield, at Sheffield Cathedral; he was a curate at Ecclesall then Cheltenham.
Following this he was Vicar of St James, Gloucester then Rector of St Mary Magdalene, Torquay.
A sideways move to St Mark, Oulton Broad led to promotion to be Rural Dean of Lothingland and finally, before his appointment to the episcopate, a Canon of Norwich Cathedral.