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The Right Reverend Peter Walker
Bishop of Ely
Church	Church of England
Diocese	Diocese of Ely
In office	1977 to 1989
Predecessor	Edward Roberts
Successor	Stephen Sykes
Orders
Ordination	1954
Consecration	1972
Personal details
Born	Peter Knight Walker (1919-12-06)6 December 1919
Died	28 December 2010(2010-12-28) (aged 91)
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglicanism
Education	Leeds Grammar School
Alma mater	The Queen's College, Oxford

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

Early life and education

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. From 1962 to 1972 he was principal of Westcott House, Cambridge.

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

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

NPG details
The Times, 18 November 1937; p. 19; Issue 47845; col B, University News- Scholarships
Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black: 2008, ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
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
Crockford's Clerical Directory Lambeth, Church House 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
The Times, 10 February 1972; p16; Issue 58398; col D, New Bishop of Dorchester
Genuki Archived 20 July 2008 at the Wayback Machine
Daily Telegraph, Obituaries, p. 31, ibid.

Church of England titles
Preceded byDavid Goodwin Loveday	Bishop of Dorchester 1972–1977	Succeeded byConrad John Eustace Meyer
Preceded byEdward James Keymer Roberts	Bishop of Ely 1977–1989	Succeeded byStephen Sykes

v t e Bishops of Dorchester
for the ancient bishops, see the Bishops of Winchester and of Lincoln
Gerald Allen Kenneth Riches David Loveday Peter Walker Conrad Meyer (became first area bishop)
area bishops	Conrad Meyer Anthony Russell Colin Fletcher Gavin Collins

v t e Bishops of Ely
High Medieval	Hervey le Breton Nigel Geoffrey Ridel William de Longchamp Eustace Robert of York John of Fountains Geoffrey de Burgh Hugh of Northwold William of Kilkenny Hugh de Balsham John Kirkby William of Louth John Salmon/John Langton Ralph Walpole
Late Medieval	Robert Orford John Ketton John Hotham Simon Montacute Thomas de Lisle Simon Langham John Barnet Thomas Arundel John Fordham Philip Morgan Lewis of Luxembourg Thomas Bourchier William Grey John Morton John Alcock
Early modern	Richard Redman James Stanley Nicholas West Thomas Goodrich Thomas Thirlby Richard Cox Martin Heton Lancelot Andrewes Nicholas Felton John Buckeridge Francis White Matthew Wren Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Matthew Wren Benjamin Lany Peter Gunning Francis Turner Simon Patrick John Moore William Fleetwood Thomas Green Robert Butts Thomas Gooch Matthias Mawson Edmund Keene James Yorke
Late modern	Thomas Dampier Bowyer Sparke Joseph Allen Thomas Turton Harold Browne James Woodford Lord Alwyne Compton Frederic Chase Leonard White-Thomson Bernard Heywood Edward Wynn Noel Hudson Edward Roberts Peter Walker Stephen Sykes Anthony Russell Stephen Conway

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