Peter Robert Forster
Peter Robert Forster, born 16th March 1950, is a British Anglican Bishop and a Lord Spiritual at the House of Lords. Since 1996 he is the Bishop of Chester in the Church of England.
Political Career[edit]
He joined the House of Lords on 8th November 2001. From 2011 to 2012, he was member of the Joint Committee for Privacy and Injunctions. He is currently member of the Administration and Works Committee.
Education[edit]
Peter Forster studied at the town's Tudor Grange Grammar School and Merton College, Oxford, where he received a Master of Arts in chemistry in 1973. At Edinburgh University, he got a degree with a Bachelor of Divinity in theology in 1977 and became a Doctor of Philosophy in 1985.
He is President of Council at the University of Chester, Chairman of Governors both at University of Chester Church of England Academy, Ellesmere Port, and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford.
External Links[edit]
http://www.parliament.uk/biographies/lords/bishop-of-chester/3616
