David Railton | |
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Church | Scottish Episcopal Church |
Diocese | Argyll and the Isles |
In office | 2024–present |
Predecessor | Keith Riglin |
Other post(s) | Provost, Cathedral of The Isles |
Orders | |
Ordination | 2008 (diaconate) 2009 (priesthood) |
Consecration | 28 August 2024 by Mark Strange |
Personal details | |
Spouse | Sarah (m. 1991) |
Children | 2 |
Alma mater | University of Bradford |
David Railton is an English-born Anglican bishop in the Scottish Episcopal Church. Since 2024, he has been bishop of Argyll and the Isles.
Railton was born in Yorkshire and trained as a pharmacist at the University of Bradford. After university, he worked as a pharmacist in Derby, where he married his wife, Sarah, in 1991. [1]
He was ordained in the Diocese of Derby as a deacon in 2008 and as a priest in 2009. [2] He was a curate in Derbyshire, then was incumbent in a three-church benefice based in Hazelwood and assistant chaplain to the bishop of Derby. [1] In 2015, he became vicar of two churches in Darlington in the Diocese of Durham, and in 2019, he was named rector of Holy Trinity Church, Dunoon, and St Paul’s Church in Rothesay, a linked parish in the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles. [1] [3]
In May 2024, Railton was elected bishop of Argyll and the Isles in succession to Keith Riglin, who had died in November 2023. [2] [4] He was consecrated and installed at St. John's Cathedral, Oban, on 28 August 2024, [5] [6] and was seated as provost at the Cathedral of The Isles on Great Cumbrae in October 2024. [7]
The Bishop of Argyll and The Isles is the Ordinary of the Scottish Episcopal Diocese of Argyll and the Isles.
The Diocese of Argyll was an ecclesiastical territory or diocese of Scotland in the Middle Ages. The Diocese was led by the Bishop of Argyll, and was based at Lismore.
The Diocese of Argyll and The Isles is in the west of Scotland, and is one of the seven dioceses of the Scottish Episcopal Church. It is perhaps the largest of the dioceses, but has the smallest number of church members. As a united diocese, Argyll and The Isles has two cathedrals: St John's in Oban and the Cathedral of The Isles in Millport, Isle of Cumbrae.
St Moluag's Cathedral is located on the Scottish island of Lismore just off the coast of Oban. As a congregation of the Church of Scotland, which is Presbyterian, the present-day parish church of 1749 stands on the site of the choir of the abandoned 13th-century cathedral, incorporating much of its material, but wrapped in 18th-century design.
The Cathedral of the Isles and Collegiate Church of the Holy Spirit is a Category A listed cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church in the town of Millport on the Isle of Cumbrae. It is one of the two cathedrals of the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles, the other being St John's Cathedral in Oban. From 2024 the office of Provost has been held by David Railton, Bishop of Argyll and The Isles.
St John's Cathedral or the Cathedral Church of St John the Divine is a cathedral of the Scottish Episcopal Church, located in the town of Oban. It is one of the two cathedrals of the Diocese of Argyll and The Isles, and one of the sees of the Bishop of Argyll and The Isles.
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