15 Facts About Tim Stevens

Tim Stevens was Bishop of Dunwich from 1995 to 1999 and was Bishop of Leicester from 1999 to 2015.

Tim Stevens studied classics and English at Selwyn College, Cambridge, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1968; as per tradition, this was promoted to a Master of Arts degree in 1972.

From 1968 to 1973, Tim Stevens worked as a senior management trainee for British Overseas Airways Corporation and in 1972 and 1973 as a second secretary at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Tim Stevens was ordained in 1976, becoming a curate in East Ham in the same year.

Tim Stevens was the Bishop of Chelmsford's urban officer from 1988 to 1991 and the Archdeacon of West Ham from 1991 and 1995.

Tim Stevens was consecrated a bishop by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Southwark Cathedral on 17 November 1995; he became the Bishop suffragan of Dunwich in 1995 and occupied that See until 1999, when he was appointed as the Bishop of Leicester.

Tim Stevens took a seat in the House of Lords as one of the Lords Spiritual in 2003.

Tim Stevens was the Convenor of the Lords Spiritual from November 2009 until May 2015.

Tim Stevens was succeeded by the first female Lord Spiritual, Rachel Treweek, when parliament reconvened in the autumn.

Tim Stevens was appointed Commander of the Order of the British Empire in the 2016 Birthday Honours for services to the Church of England and the community in Leicestershire.

On 11 February 2017, Tim Stevens was one of fourteen retired bishops to sign an open letter to the then-serving bishops of the Church of England.

In January 2020, Tim Stevens became interim Principal of Westcott House, Cambridge, where he had previously served as Chair of the Governing Body while a bishop.

Tim Stevens was succeeded as Principal of Westcott House by Helen Dawes in 2021.

Tim Stevens is currently Chair of the organization, Common Purpose UK.

Tim Stevens has been married to Wendi Kathleen Price since 1973.