11 Facts About Christopher Lowson

Christopher Lowson was born on 3 February 1953 and is a British retired Anglican bishop.

Christopher Lowson was Bishop of Lincoln from 2011 to 2021.

Christopher Lowson was made a deacon at Petertide on 3 July 1977 and was ordained as a priest the following year, both times by Mervyn Stockwood, Bishop of Southwark, at Southwark Cathedral.

Christopher Lowson began his ordained ministry as an assistant curate in Richmond, Surrey.

Christopher Lowson was successively priest in charge and vicar at Holy Trinity, Eltham.

Christopher Lowson held this appointment for eight years, during the last four of which he was rural dean of Petersfield.

Christopher Lowson was consecrated as a bishop on 21 September 2011 in Westminster Abbey and enthroned in Lincoln Cathedral on 12 November 2011.

Christopher Lowson is believed to be the only steel worker ever to have been appointed a bishop.

Christopher Lowson was introduced to the House of Lords as a Lord Spiritual on 14 September 2017.

Christopher Lowson accepted a misconduct penalty in relation to his mishandling of "a disclosure about a member of clergy in the Lincoln diocese in early 2019" and returned to work in February 2021.

Christopher Lowson is a member of the Garrick Club, the MCC and the Savile Club.