Toby Matthew Howarth (born 12 July 1962) is a
Church of England
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bishop. He is the current and first
area
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of
Bishop of Bradford
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Upon the creation of the ...
in the
Diocese of Leeds.
Howarth was educated at
Yale University
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and
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford
Wycliffe Hall is a Church of England Seminary, theological college and a permanent private hall of the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. It is named after the Bible translator and reformer John Wycliffe, who was Master (college), mast ...
; and
ordained
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in 1990. He studied at
Birmingham University
, mottoeng = Through efforts to heights
, established = 1825 – Birmingham School of Medicine and Surgery1836 – Birmingham Royal School of Medicine and Surgery1843 – Queen's College1875 – Mason Science College1898 – Mason Univers ...
for his MA. His first post was a
curacy
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at
Derby
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, after which he was with Crosslinks in
India
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then the
Netherlands
)
, anthem = ( en, "William of Nassau")
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, subdivision_name = Kingdom of the Netherlands
, established_title = Before independence
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. He was a tutor at
Selly Oak College
The Queen's Foundation for Ecumenical Theological Education (also called the Queen's Foundation, Birmingham and formerly the Queen's College, Birmingham) is an ecumenical theological college which, with the West Midlands Ministerial Training Cou ...
from 2000 until 2004; and
Priest in charge
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at
St Christopher's Church, Springfield
St Christopher's Church, Springfield is a Church of England building in the Anglican Diocese of Birmingham
The Diocese of Birmingham is a diocese founded in 1905 in the Church of England's Province of Canterbury, covering the north-west of t ...
from then until 2011. He was then the
Archbishop of Canterbury
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's
Secretary
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for
International Relations
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until his elevation to the
episcopate
A bishop is an ordained clergy member who is entrusted with a position of authority and oversight in a religious institution.
In Christianity, bishops are normally responsible for the governance of dioceses. The role or office of bishop is ca ...
.
[ Crockford's on-line accessed 3 December 2014]
References
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Living people
1962 births
Bishops of Bradford
Alumni of the University of Birmingham