The city’s top clergyman is to become the next Bishop of Stafford. Downing Street announced today that the Queen has approved the appointment of The Venerable Matthew Parker. He is currently ...

By becoming a bishop, Mr Parker follows in the footsteps of his namesake Matthew Parker, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1559-1575, who was one of the most influential architects of Reformed ...

Matthew Parker is a person of historical significance ... he was summoned by her successor Elizabeth I to become the first Protestant Archbishop of Canterbury. He took on the mantle reluctantly ...