Christopher William Herbert is the present Bishop of St Albans. He was born in Lydney in the Forest of Dean. His father helped run the family road haulage business, but was also very proud of his roots as a foundryman in a local iron works. Bishop Christopher was educated at Monmouth School and went on to read Biblical Studies and Philosophy at the University of Wales, Lampeter. He studied for the ordained ministry at Wells Theological College, and also obtained a Postgraduate Certificate of Education at the University of Bristol. He was ordained in 1967 and from 1981-1990 he was Vicar of The Bourne, near Farnham, Surrey. He was appointed Director of Post-Ordination Training and made a canon of Guildford Cathedral, before becoming Archdeacon of Dorking in 1990. He became Bishop of St Albans in 1995. Christopher Herbert is a former chairman of The Council of Christians and Jews and currently (2007) sits in the House of Lords as one of the Lords Spiritual. He was a member of a Lords' select committee that considered a private member's bill pertaining to euthanasia and assisted suicide.
| Preceded by John Bernard Taylor | Bishop of St Albans 1995– | Succeeded by Current Incumbent |
