 After Austin the post again remained vacant for three years until the Diocese announced the appointment of Andrew Watson to fill the post In retirement, he served the Diocese of Leicester as stipendiary assistant bishop — called Assistant Bishop of Leicester — from 2005 until 2007.Austin was educated at Worksop College and St Edmund Hall, Oxford (proceeding Oxford Master of Arts {MA(Oxon)}).He was ordained in 1965 and began his ordained ministry with a curacy at St John the Evangelist's East Dulwich.