Jeffery William Rowthorn (also spelled Jeffrey; born 9 April 1934) is a Welsh retired Anglican bishop and hymnographer.
[1] He then studied modern languages (Russian, German, Persian and Arabic) at Christ's College, Cambridge, and graduated from the University of Cambridge with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1957; as per tradition, the BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA (Cantab)) degree in 1962.
[1] He graduated with a magna cum laude Bachelor of Divinity (BD) degree in 1961.
[4] From 1962 to 1965, he served his curacy at St Mary Magdalene, Woolwich in the Diocese of Southwark.
[1] He taught pastoral theology and liturgics[3][2] and was a founding member of the North American Academy of Liturgy.
[1] In 1993, he stood for election as Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Connecticut but was unsuccessful.