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The Right Reverend Stephen Sykes

was the sixty-seventh Bishop of Ely, in a line stretching back to 1109.

Bishop Stephen was born in 1939 and studied at St John's College, Cambridge, and at Ripon Hall, Oxford. He was ordained a Deacon in 1964 and a Priest in 1965.

From 1974 to 1985 he was Van Mildert Professor of Divinity at Durham University, and a residentiary Canon of Durham Cathedral. From 1985 to 1990 he was Regius Professor of Divinity in the University of Cambridge, and an honorary Canon of Ely Cathedral.

He was consecrated a bishop in Southwark Cathedral on 2nd May, 1990, according to the Ordinal in the 1662 Book of Common Prayer. He was enthroned at Ely on Saturday 5th May, 1990.

On 1 September 1999, Bishop Stephen's resignation as Bishop of Ely came into effect when he took up a new appointment as Principal of St John's College, Durham

The Bishop is the author or editor of numerous books and articles, including:

Title: Karl Barth: centenary essays edited by S.W. Sykes   Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1989   171p; 23cm Title: Sacrifice and redemption: Durham essays in theology edited by S.W. Sykes   Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1991   xi,339p; 24cm Title: The Study of Anglicanism edited by Stephen Sykes and John Booty   London: SPCK, 1988   [ca 496]p; 23cm Author: Sykes, S. W. (Stephen Whitefield), 1939- Title: The integrity of Anglicanism by S.W. Sykes   London: Mowbray, 1978 (1984 [printing])   x,114p; 22cm (pbk) Author: Sykes, S. W. (Stephen Whitefield), 1939- Title: The identity of Christianity: theologians and the essence of Christianity from Scheiermacher to Barth Stephen Sykes   London: SPCK, 1984   xii,349p; 23cm Author: Sykes, S. W. (Stephen Whitefield), 1939- Title: Christian theology today by Stephen Sykes   Rev. ed   London: Mowbray, 1983   153p; 20cm Series title: Mowbray's Christian studies Title: England and Germany: studies in theological diplomacy S.W. Sykes [ed.]   Frankfurt am Main: Lang, 1982   170p; 21cm Series title: Studien zur Interkulturellen Geschichte des Christentums Title: New studies in theology 1 edited by Stephen Sykes & Derek Holmes   London: Duckworth, 1980   viii,192p; 25cm Title: Karl Barth: studies of his theological method edited by S.W.Sykes   Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1979   ix,204p; 23cm Title: Christ, faith and history: Cambridge studies in Christology edited by S.W.Sykes and J.P.Clayton   Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1978   x,303p; 22cm (pbk) Notes: Originally published: 1972 Author: Sykes, S. W. (Stephen Whitefield), 1939- Title: The integrity of Anglicanism by S.W. Sykes   London: Mowbrays, 1978   x,114p; 22cm Title: Authority in the Anglican Communion: essays presented to Bishop John Howe edited by Stephen W. Sykes   Toronto: Anglican Book Centre, 1987   286p; 23cm Title: The enthronement of the Right Reverend Father in God, Stephen, sixty-seventh Bishop of Ely, in Ely Cathedral, Saturday 5th May 1990, at 3.00 p.m.   [Ely]: [s.n.], [1990]   17p; 22cm (pbk) Title: The Future of Anglican theology edited by M. Darrol Bryant   New York: E. Mellen Press, c1984   x,192p; 24cm Series title: Toronto studies in theology; v. 17 Notes: Essays were submitted for a conference inspired by Stephen Sykes's The integrity of Anglicanism held at Renison College, Waterloo, Ontario, in 1981 Author: Sykes, S.W. Title: Christian theology today S.W. Sykes   London, 1971 Author: Sykes, S. Title: Friedrich Schleiermacher S. Sykes   London, 1971 Author: Sykes, S.W. Title: Christ, faith and history... edited by S.W. Sykes and J.P. Clayton   Cambridge, 1972