Geoff Pearson


Geoffrey Seagrave Pearson is a British Anglican bishop, a retired Bishop of Lancaster in the Church of England Diocese of Blackburn.

Early life and education

Pearson was educated at St John's College, Durham, gaining his Bachelor of Arts degree in 1972, and then trained for the ministry at Cranmer Hall, Durham.

Ordained ministry

He was made a deacon in 1974 and ordained a priest at Petertide 1975, by Eric Treacy, Bishop of Wakefield, at Wakefield Cathedral, serving his title at Kirkheaton, West Yorkshire. He then became curate-in-charge and then incumbent at the Church of the Redeemer, Blackburn, before taking up an appointment as Assistant Home Secretary for the General Board for Mission and Unity and Executive Secretary for the British Council of Churches' Evangelism Committee. Finally he moved to Merseyside to be Vicar of Roby, during which time he was also Area Dean of Huyton and an honorary canon of Liverpool Cathedral.

Episcopal ministry

Pearson was appointed Bishop of Lancaster — the sole suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Blackburn — in 2006, took up his See with his consecration as a bishop on 2 November 2006 and was installed not long after at Blackburn Cathedral. He has dedicated much of his ministry to the prioritisation of gospel work amongst children and young people. A keen hillwalker, Pearson married in 1973 and they now have three adult children.
On 16 January 2017, it was announced that Pearson was to retire at the end of July 2017.

Personal life

In 1973, Pearson married Jean Richardson. He has three children; one son and two daughters.

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