Stephen Platten


Stephen Platten

Bishop of Wakefield
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Wakefield
In office2003  2014 (See dissolved)
PredecessorNigel McCulloch
Other post(s)Dean of Norwich
(1995 – 2003)
Rector of St Michael, Cornhill (2014  2016)
Honorary Assistant Bishop (July 2014  present)
Orders
Ordination1975
Consecration1 May 2003
Personal details
Born (1947-05-17) 17 May 1947
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsGeorge Henry Platten & Marjory née Sheward
SpouseRosslie Thompson
Children2 sons: Aidan and Gregory
Alma materInstitute of Education, London Trinity College, Oxford

Stephen George Platten FSA (born 17 May 1947 at Southgate, Middlesex), is a retired Anglican prelate, the last to serve as diocesan Bishop of Wakefield in the Church of England.

Consecrated as a bishop on 19 July 2003, he was installed at Wakefield Cathedral on 19 July 2003. Platten previously served as Dean of Norwich from 1995.