The Rt Rev.Andrew John Radford was the Bishop of Taunton

Bishop of Taunton

The Bishop of Taunton is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Bath and Wells, in the Province of Canterbury, England. The title was first created under the Suffragan Bishops Act 1534 and takes its name after Taunton, the county town of Somerset.The...

 from 1998 until his death eight years later. Born on 29 January 1944, educated at Trinity College, Bristol

Trinity College, Bristol

Trinity College Bristol is a Christian college affiliated to the Church of England, though students come from different denominations. It is located in Stoke Bishop in Bristol, England, next to the University of Bristol's residential halls...

  and ordained in 1975 his career began with a curacy

Curate

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 at Shirehampton

Shirehampton

Shirehampton, near Avonmouth, at the north-western edge of the city of Bristol, England, is a district of Bristol which originated as a separate village. It retains something of its village feel, having a short identifiable High Street with the parish church situated among shops, and is still...

 after which he was a producer of Religious programmes for the BBC

BBC

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. Subsequently Vicar

Vicar

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 of St Barnabas with Englishcombe, Bath then Diocesan

Diocese of Bath and Wells

The Diocese of Bath and Wells is a diocese in the Church of England Province of Canterbury in England.The diocese covers the county of Somerset and a small area of Dorset. The Episcopal seat of the Bishop of Bath and Wells is located in the Cathedral Church of Saint Andrew in the tiny city of...

 Communications Officer and finally (before his elevation to the Episcopate) Development and Training Officer, C of E

Church of England

The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

Communications Unit, Bishop Andrew died on 21 May 2006.