Nicholas Reade
Nicholas Reade | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Blackburn | |
| File:2014 National Pilgrimage to Walsingham (14300312683) (Nicholas Reade cropped).jpg Bishop Reade in 2014 | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Province | Province of York |
| Diocese | Diocese of Blackburn |
| Installed | 27 March 2004 |
| Term ended | 31 October 2012 |
| Predecessor | Alan Chesters |
| Successor | Julian Henderson |
| Other post | Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings (1997–2004) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1973 (deacon) 1974 (priest) |
| Consecration | 2 March 2004 by David Hope |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 December 1946 |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Christine |
| Children | One |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds |
| Member of the House of Lords | |
| In office 22 October 2009 – 31 October 2012 | |
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Nicholas Stewart Reade (born 9 December 1946) is a retired British Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Blackburn in the Province of York[1] from 2004 to 2012.
Early life and education
[edit | edit source]Reade was born on 9 December 1946.[2] He was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey and the University of Leeds. He has completed a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and a diploma in theology (DipTH).[3]
Ordained ministry
[edit | edit source]He was ordained in 1973, after studying at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield.[4] He began his ordained ministry with a curacy at St Chad's Coseley.[5] He was then appointed priest in charge of Holy Cross Bilbrook and then the vicar of St Peter's Upper Gornal.
From 1982 to 1988, he was vicar of the Church of St. Dunstan, Mayfield and Rural Dean of Dallington.[2] From 1988 to 1997, he was Rural Dean of Eastbourne. He was Canon and Prebendary of Chichester Cathedral between 1990 and 1997. He became the Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings in 1997.
Episcopal ministry
[edit | edit source]He was ordained to the episcopate on 2 March 2004,[6][7] and installation as Bishop of Blackburn at Blackburn Cathedral on 27 March 2004.[8] He had been announced as the new bishop in August 2003.[9]
Reade ordained men and women as deacons, but did not ordain women as priests or bishops.[10] He is a member of The Society, a traditionalist Anglo-Catholic society of the Church of England.[11]
In February 2012, the diocese announced that Reade was to retire on 31 October 2012.[12] In his retirement, he was licensed in mid-2013 as an honorary assistant bishop of the Diocese in Europe.[13]
Personal life
[edit | edit source]Reade is married to Christine,[14] with one adult daughter.[15]
Styles
[edit | edit source]- Nicholas Reade Esq (1946–1973)
- The Revd Nicholas Reade (1973–1997)
- The Ven Nicholas Reade (1997–2004)
- The Rt Revd Nicholas Reade (2004–present)
References
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- ^ St Chad's Coseley website
- ^ Anglican Communion
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- ^ BBC News — Diocese welcomes its new bishop
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- ^ Diocese of Blackburn – Bishop of Blackburn Announces Retirement. Blackburn.anglican.org. Retrieved on 29 February 2012.
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