Eric Devenport

Who is Eric Devenport?

Eric Nash Devenport was Bishop of Dunwich from 1980 to 1992.

He was educated at the Open University and Kelham Theological College. After ordination he held curacies at St Mark, Leicester and St Matthew, Barrow-in-Furness. Following this he was Succentor at Leicester Cathedral, then Vicar of Shepshed and finally Leader of Mission for the Diocese of Leicester. He resigned in 1992 and became Archdeacon of Italy and Malta, a post he held for five years. In retirement he was an assistant bishop in the Norwich Diocese until his death in 2012.