Anthony John Russell (born 25 January 1943) is a retired Anglican bishop.
Russell was educated at Uppingham School, St Chad's College, Durham (he gained a Bachelor of Arts {BA} degree) and Trinity College, Oxford, where he earned a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree.
For the next 11 years he was the vicar of Preston-on-Stour and Whitchurch with Atherstone and also canon theologian of Coventry Cathedral.
[7] Russell initiated proceedings in the church courts against the Vicar of Trumpington, Tom Ambrose.
Russell, as a keen horseman, upon appointment as area Bishop of Dorchester, changed his Oxfordshire episcopal residence in order to secure suitable stabling.