David Bonser

Who was David Bonser?

David Bonser was the Anglican Bishop of Bolton from 1991 until 1999.

Educated at King's College London Bonser studied for ordination at St Boniface College Warminster. He became an Associate of King's College in 1961 and later obtained an MA from the University of Manchester.

He embarked upon curacies in Heckmondwike and Sheffield. From 1968 until 1972 he was Rector of St Clement's, Chorlton-cum-Hardy, and latterly an Honorary Canon of Manchester Cathedral. For nine years after that he was Archdeacon of Rochdale before elevation to the suffragan bishopric of Bolton in 1991. He retired eight years later and died on 20 March 2005.