Paul Richardson (born 16 January 1947) is a British

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priest and a former Anglican

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Early life

Richardson was educated at

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and Cuddesdon Theological College.

Anglican ministry

He was ordained a priest in the

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in 1973 and served first as a curate at St John's

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. He was then the assistant chaplain in

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, and then a mission priest at Nambaiyfa in the highlands of

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before becoming the principal of

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, and then the dean of St John's Cathedral,

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. He was the Bishop of Aipo Rongo in the

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from 1987 to 1995 when he was translated to the Diocese of Wangaratta in the

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. From 1998 to 16 January 2009 he was the Assistant Bishop of Newcastle in the Church of England.

Roman Catholic ministry

On 25 January 2009, the Feast of the Conversion of St Paul, Richardson was received into the

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. He was re-ordained as a

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in 2011.Westminster Information -Issue No: 56 July 2011

References

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