priest Bishop of Basingstoke Bishop in Europe
Rowell was educated at Winchester College and Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He holds a Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Arts from Cambridge, and was incorporated Doctor of Philosophy and Master of Arts, along with his Doctor of Divinity from Oxford.
Rowell is currently an Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of Chichester. Since 1999, Rowell has been an episcopal patron of Project Canterbury, an online archive of Anglican texts. Rowell was consecrated as a bishop by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, on 2 February 1994 at Street Paul"s Cathedral, becoming Bishop suffragan of Basingstoke in the Diocese of Winchester.
Rowell was commissioned as Bishop of Gibraltar in Europe (often called "Bishop in Europe") on 18 October 2001 at Street Margaret"s, Westminster and enthroned in the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, Gibraltar, 1 November 2001.
In January 2007, Rowell suspended the chaplain of Istanbul, Ian Sherwood, and the entire chaplaincy council. Chaplain of Keble College, Oxford, 1971–1994 Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Leicester, 1979–1990 Canon of Chichester Cathedral, 1981 Examining Chaplain to the Bishop of Winchester, 1991–1993 Suffragan Bishop of Basingstoke, 1994–2001 Bishop in Europe, 2001–2013 Geoffrey Rowell Esq (1943–1968) The Revd Geoffrey Rowell (1968–1981) The Revd Canon Geoffrey Rowell (1981–1994) The Rt Revd Geoffrey Rowell (1994–present).
