| Honorific-Prefix: | The Rt Revd |
| Gordon Mursell | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | MA(Oxon) BD ARCM Hon.Doctor of Divinity [DD]| image = Martin Warner (4666962719) (Gordon Mursell cropped).jpg| caption = Bishop Mursell in 2010| title = Bishop of Stafford| diocese = Diocese of Lichfield| term = 2005–2010| predecessor = Christopher Hill| successor = Geoff Annas| other_post = Honorary assistant bishop in Glasgow & Galloway (2010–present) Provost (1999–2002/3) then Dean of Birmingham (2002/3–2005)| ordination = 1973 (deacon); 1974 (priest)| consecration = 2005| birth_date = 4 May 1949| religion = Anglican| parents = Philip & Sheena| spouse = | occupation = | profession = Author (theology)| alma_mater = Brasenose College, Oxford |
Alfred Gordon Mursell (born 4 May 1949) is a retired British Anglican bishop and author. From 2005 to 2010, he was the Bishop of Stafford in the Church of England.[1]
Mursell was educated at Ardingly College and Brasenose College, Oxford.[2] Ordained in 1974 he began his career with a curacy at St Mary Walton, Liverpool[3] and was then successively Vicar of St John's East Dulwich, a tutor at Wells Theological College, Team Rector of Stafford (1991–1999), Provost (1999–2002/3) and then Dean of Birmingham (2002/3–2005) [4] before his ordination to the episcopate[5] as the suffragan Bishop of Stafford - a post he vacated in June 2010. A prolific author,[6] he is also a keen hill walker. He is a member of the Athenaeum Club.
The Bonds of Love: St Peter Damian's Theology of the Spiritual Life (2021)