Stephen John Oliver AKC (born 7 January 1948) was the Anglican area Bishop of Stepney from 2003 to 2010.
[2] Oliver was trained for the priesthood at King's College London,[3] spending his final year at St Augustine's College, Canterbury[4] before a curacy at Clifton, Nottingham.
[5] After an incumbency at St Mary Plumtree[6] in the same diocese he became head of religious programming at the BBC.
From 1997 until 2003 he was a Canon Residentiary at St Paul's Cathedral, London[7] before his appointment as the area Bishop of Stepney following John Sentamu's appointment as Bishop of Birmingham.
[8] In March 2013 'Inside Grief' ISBN 9780281068432 edited by Oliver was published by SPCK.