Biography
Railton was born on 13 May 1966 in Withernsea, Yorkshire, England. [1] He 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. [2]
He was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2008 and as a priest in 2009. [3] He was a curate in the Diocese of Derby, then was incumbent in a three-church benefice based in Hazelwood and assistant chaplain to the Bishop of Derby. [2] In 2015, he became vicar of two churches in Darlington in the Diocese of Durham. [1]
In 2019, Railton left the Church of England for the Scottish Episcopal Church, and 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. [2] [4] In May 2024, he was elected bishop of Argyll and the Isles in succession to Keith Riglin, who had died in November 2023. [3] [5] He was consecrated and installed at St. John's Cathedral, Oban, on 28 August 2024, [6] [7] and was seated as provost at the Cathedral of The Isles on Great Cumbrae in October 2024. [8]
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