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Peter Knight Walker (6 December 1919 – 28 December 2010) was an Anglican bishop.[1]

Early life and education

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Walker was educated at Leeds Grammar School and The Queen's College, Oxford.[2][3]

During the Second World War, he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve (RNVR). He was then a teacher at The King's School, Peterborough and Merchant Taylors' School, Northwood.

Walker was ordained in 1954. His first ordained ministry position was a curacy at Hemel Hempstead, after which he was fellow, dean and lecturer at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge.[4] From 1962 to 1972 he was principal of Westcott House, Cambridge.[5]

In 1972 he was consecrated to the episcopate as the Suffragan Bishop of Dorchester.[6] In 1977 he was translated to become the Bishop of Ely, a position he held until his retirement in 1989.[7]

He died in Cambridge on 28 December 2010, aged 91.[8]

1. ^ NPG details
2. ^ The Times, 18 November 1937; p. 19; Issue 47845; col B, University News- Scholarships
3. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black: 2008, ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
4. ^ Daily Telegraph, Obituaries, p. 31, "Bishop of Ely who oversaw the restoration of his cathedral and won the praise of W H Auden", issue no 48, p. 397, 7 January 2011
5. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory Lambeth, Church House 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
6. ^ The Times, 10 February 1972; p16; Issue 58398; col D, New Bishop of Dorchester
7. ^ Genuki Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
8. ^ Daily Telegraph, Obituaries, p. 31, ibid.