1. Peter Eagles is a former chaplain of the British Army, serving as Archdeacon for the Army and the Deputy Chaplain-General of the Royal Army Chaplains' Department.
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Peter Eagles studied German and Russian at King's College, London, and he graduated in 1982 with a first class Bachelor of Arts degree and the Associateship of King's College.
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Between 1982 and 1986, Eagles was an assistant master at Tonbridge School, an independent school in Tonbridge, Kent, and worked as a freelance translator.
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On 27 January 1990, Peter Eagles was commissioned into the Royal Army Chaplains' Department of the British Army as a Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class.
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Peter Eagles was promoted to Chaplain to the Forces 3rd Class on 27 January 1998, and to Chaplain to the Forces 2nd Class on 5 September 2005.
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On 28 January 2008, Peter Eagles was promoted to Chaplain to the Forces 1st Class and appointed an Assistant Chaplain General.
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Peter Eagles officially retired from the British Army on 6 July 2017.
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On 4 May 2017, it was announced that Peter Eagles would be the next Bishop of Sodor and Man.
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Peter Eagles was consecrated a bishop on 22 June 2017 during a service at York Minster, by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York.
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Peter Eagles was installed at the Cathedral Church of St German in Peel, Isle of Man on 30 September 2017.
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In March 2023, it was announced that Peter Eagles would retire as Bishop of Sodor and Man after six years in the post in October 2023.
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Peter Eagles belongs to the Anglo-Catholic wing of the Church of England.
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On 17 October 2013, Peter Eagles was appointed an Honorary Chaplain to the Queen.