Researching Barry Rogerson

Rogerson was educated at the University of Leeds and Wells Theological College. Initially a bank employee, he was ordained in 1962, after which he held curacies at St Hilda's South Shields and St Nicholas’ Bishopwearmouth. From 1967 to 1975 he was a lecturer at Lichfield Theological College and then Salisbury and Wells Theological College, after which he became [[Vicar and subsequently Team Rector] of St Thomas' Church, Wednesfield—a post he held until his ordination to the episcopate.

In 1978 he was seconded for six months to the Province of Melanesia to teach in the Theological College at Kohimarama in the Solomon Islands. He was to serve as Chairman of the Melanesian Mission in England until his retirement in 2002.

Elected as a Suffragan Bishop to the General Synod and House of Bishops in 1982. During his membership of the General Synod he was chairman of the Interfaith Consultancy Group (IFCOG) and continued to be a member of the Advisory Board of Ministry, ultimately becoming its Chairman. During his latter years on the Board he was instrumental in encouraging the Church of England to take the Distinctive Diaconate seriously, introducing the Report For Such A Time as This to the General Synod in 2001.

EcumensimStarting as Chairman of Churches Together in Wolverhampton, Rogerson became a member of the World Council of Churches Faith and Order Commission in 1987 and in 1991 a member of its Central Committee, a role which he held until his retirement. In 1997 he became a member of Churches Together in Britain and Ireland (CTBI) subsequently becoming one of its President. His final contribution was to co-Chair with the Reverend. Dr. John B. Taylor. the committee which produced the Report The Anglican-Methodist Conversations in 2001.

The Ordination of WomenRogerson was a firm supporter of the ordination of women to the priesthood since his days as a student at Leeds University. He alongside John Oliver, then Bishop of Hereford he was a consultant to The Movement for the Ordination of Women. He was to ordain the first 32 female priests in the Church of England on 12 March 1994 at his cathedral in Bristol.

PublicationsArticles:-Growing Together - Anglican Identity and European Ecumenism(2020 Visions, SPCK, 1992)Turn to God - Rejoice in Hope Taking Responsibility for Ourselves(The Ecumenical Review, WCC, 1998)The diaconate: Taking the Ecumenical Opportunity (Community-Unity-Communion, Church House Publishing 1998)Financing the Ministry and Mission of the Church of England(Evangelische Theologie, 1-2000)A Translation of the Church of Norway’s Ordination Rites.(Studia Liturgica Vol:31(2) 2001)

In retirement he continues to serve as an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Bath and Wells as well as being a governor of the University of the West of England.