William John "Bill" Westwood (28 December 1925 (in Saul, Gloucestershire

Saul, Gloucestershire

Saul is a village in Gloucestershire, England at the site of the junction of the Stroudwater Navigation and the Gloucester and Sharpness Canal. It is in the parish of Fretherne with Saul in the district of Stroud....

) – 15 September 1999) was the 36th Anglican Bishop of Peterborough

Bishop of Peterborough

The Bishop of Peterborough is the ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough in the Province of Canterbury.The diocese covers the counties of Northamptonshire, Rutland and the Soke of Peterborough in Cambridgeshire...

 from 1984 to 1996.

After ordination as a deacon

Deacon

Deacon is a ministry in the Christian Church that is generally associated with service of some kind, but which varies among theological and denominational traditions...

 in 1952, Westwood was appointed curate

Curate

A curate is a person who is invested with the care or cure of souls of a parish. In this sense "curate" correctly means a parish priest but in English-speaking countries a curate is an assistant to the parish priest...

 of Holy Trinity Church

Holy Trinity Church, Hull

Holy Trinity Church is an Anglican parish church in the centre of Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, England.-History:It is the largest parish church in England when floor area is the measurement for comparison...

, Kingston upon Hull

Kingston upon Hull

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. He was then Rector

Rector

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 of Lowestoft

Lowestoft

Lowestoft is a town in the English county of Suffolk. The town is on the North Sea coast and is the most easterly point of the United Kingdom. It is north-east of London, north-east of Ipswich and south-east of Norwich...

; Vicar

Vicar

In the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...

 of St Peter Mancroft

St Peter Mancroft

St Peter Mancroft is a parish church in the Church of England, in the centre of Norwich, Norfolk. It is the largest church in Norwich and was built between 1430 and 1455. It stands on a slightly elevated position, next to the market place...

, Norwich

Norwich

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 (1965–75) and an honorary canon

Canon (priest)

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 of Norwich Cathedral

Norwich Cathedral

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. In 1975 he became the Bishop of Edmonton

Bishop of Edmonton (London)

The Bishop of Edmonton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of London in the Province of Canterbury, England...

 in the Diocese of London

Diocese of London

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 (1975–84). He was the chairman of the Church of England

Church of England

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's Committee for Communications, President of the Church Housing Association, a member of the Board of Governors of Nene College

University of Northampton

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 and an honorary fellow of Emmanuel College, Cambridge

Emmanuel College, Cambridge

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 from 1989 until his death.

Westwood was a regular contributor to Thought for the Day

Thought for the Day

Thought for the Day is a daily scripted slot on the Today programme on BBC Radio 4 offering "reflections from a faith perspective on issues and people in the news", broadcast at around 7.45 each Monday to Saturday morning...

on BBC Radio 4

BBC Radio 4

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's Today programme. He was a member of the Press Council

Press Council

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 (1975–81), the IBA

Independent Broadcasting Authority

The Independent Broadcasting Authority was the regulatory body in the United Kingdom for commercial television - and commercial/independent radio broadcasts...

 Panel of Religious Advisers (1983–7), the Video Consultative Council (1985–9) and the Broadcasting Standards Council (1988–92).

Westwoods's son is the prominent British

United Kingdom

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 radio hip-hop

Hip hop music

Hip hop music, also called hip-hop, rap music or hip-hop music, is a musical genre consisting of a stylized rhythmic music that commonly accompanies rapping, a rhythmic and rhyming speech that is chanted...

 DJ Tim Westwood

Tim Westwood

Timothy Westwood is an English DJ and presenter of radio and television. He also presents the UK version of the MTV show Pimp My Ride...

.

External links

• Obituary from The Independent
  The Independent
  The Independent is a British national morning newspaper published in London by Independent Print Limited, owned by Alexander Lebedev since 2010. It is nicknamed the Indy, while the Sunday edition, The Independent on Sunday, is the Sindy. Launched in 1986, it is one of the youngest UK national daily...