Richard Garrard (born 24 May 1937) was the seventh
Suffragan Bishop of Penrith in the modern era.
Garrard was educated at
Northampton Grammar School
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and
King's College London.
Ordained
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in 1962, he began his career with a
curacy
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in
Woolwich
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The district's location on the River Thames led to its status as an important naval, military and industrial area; a role that was maintained thr ...
and was then successively a
chaplain at ''Keswick Hall College of Education'',
principal of the
Church Army Training College,
canon chancellor at
Southwark Cathedral
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,
educational advisor to the
Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich
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and finally (before his elevation to the
episcopate
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In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
)
Archdeacon of Sudbury
The Archdeacon of Sudbury is a senior cleric in the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.
The archdeacon is responsible for the disciplinary supervision of the clergy in its five rural deaneries; Clare, Ixworth, Lavenham, Sudbury and Thingoe. ...
. From 2001 to 2003 he was the
Archbishop of Canterbury's representative to the
Holy See
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and director of the
Anglican Centre in Rome
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It was founded in 1966 with the encouragement of Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canter ...
. A renowned author,
[His works include "Lent with St Mark", 1992; "A Time to Pray", 1993; and "Love on the Cross", 1995 ]British Library
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catalogue accessed Monday 11 August 2008 17:30 in retirement he continues to minister as an
assistant bishop within the
Diocese of Norwich
The Diocese of Norwich is an ecclesiastical jurisdiction or diocese of the Church of England that forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.
History
It traces its roots in an unbroken line to the diocese of the Bishop of the Eas ...
.
References
1937 births
People educated at Northampton School for Boys
Alumni of King's College London
Associates of King's College London
Bishops of Penrith
20th-century Church of England bishops
21st-century Church of England bishops
Living people
Archdeacons of Sudbury
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