[2] He was educated at King Henry VIII School, Coventry, a [a local authority grammar school] He studied at St John's College, Durham, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1971,[2][3] and was awarded the Van Mildert Scholarship in the same year.
From 1983 to 1994 he was Vicar of St Mark's Cardiff, during which he was a member of the Church in Wales Forward Planning Group.
In 1993 he was a consultant on African Culture and Anglican Liturgy in Kenya and Uganda, and gave a series of lectures in Pretoria, South Africa in 2001 on Mission in the New Testament.
[10][11] He chaired the Central Readers' Council for England and Wales, was Vice Chair of the Liturgical Commission and the Fresh Expressions Board, convened the House of Bishops' Working Group on Civil Partnerships (2011–12), co-chaired the Church of England Lay Ministries Working Group (2015–16) and was the Archbishop of Canterbury's envoy to the Church of Ceylon (2014–15).
[3] In retirement he has become involved with clergy review and has been appointed Dean for Evangelism in the Worcester Diocese; he is a mentor in the Germinate Leadership programme.
He is author of a number of books on liturgy and preaching and his interests include current affairs, early music, literature, walking, cycling and the countryside.
As the island's bishop, he sat ex officio on the Legislative Council and Tynwald Court and was required to vote on all matters.