Nicholas Reade

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Nicholas Reade
Bishop of Blackburn
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Bishop Reade in 2014
Church Church of England
Province Province of York
Diocese Diocese of Blackburn
Installed27 March 2004
Term ended31 October 2012
Predecessor Alan Chesters
Successor Julian Henderson
Other post(s) Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings (1997–2004)
Orders
Ordination1973 (deacon)
1974 (priest)
Consecration2 March 2004
by  David Hope
Personal details
Born (1946-12-09) 9 December 1946 (age 77)
Denomination Anglican
SpouseChristine
ChildrenOne
Alma mater University of Leeds

Nicholas Stewart Reade (born 9 December 1946) is a retired British Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Blackburn in the Province of York [1] from 2004 to 2012.

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Early life and education

Reade was born on 9 December 1946. [2] He was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey and the University of Leeds. He has completed a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and a diploma in theology (DipTH). [3]

Ordained ministry

He was ordained in 1973, after studying at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield. [4] He began his ordained ministry with a curacy at St Chad's Coseley. [5] He was then appointed priest in charge of Holy Cross Bilbrook and then the vicar of St Peter's Upper Gornal.

From 1982 to 1988, he was vicar of the Church of St. Dunstan, Mayfield and Rural Dean of Dallington. [2] From 1988 to 1997, he was Rural Dean of Eastbourne. He was Canon and Prebendary of Chichester Cathedral between 1990 and 1997. He became the Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings in 1997.

Episcopal ministry

He was ordained to the episcopate on 2 March 2004, [6] [7] and installation as Bishop of Blackburn at Blackburn Cathedral on 27 March 2004. [8] He had been announced as the new bishop in August 2003. [9]

Reade ordained men and women as deacons, but did not ordain women as priests or bishops. [10] He is a member of The Society, a traditionalist Anglo-Catholic society of the Church of England. [11]

In February 2012, the diocese announced that Reade was to retire on 31 October 2012. [12] In his retirement, he was licensed in mid-2013 as an honorary assistant bishop of the Diocese in Europe. [13]

Personal life

Reade is married to Christine, [14] with one adult daughter. [15]

Styles

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References

  1. ↑ Official announcement
  2. 1 2 Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black ISBN   978-0-7136-8555-8
  3. ↑ "Church of England — Bishop of Blackburn". Archived from the original on 23 June 2010. Retrieved 15 June 2010.
  4. ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing ISBN   978-0-7151-1030-0
  5. ↑ St Chad's Coseley website
  6. ↑ Anglican Communion
  7. ↑ Diocese of London — Cycle of Prayer for March 2004
  8. ↑ BBC News — Diocese welcomes its new bishop
  9. ↑ "New bishop announced". news.bbc.co.uk. 4 August 2003. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  10. ↑ "New Bishop of Blackburn 'must ordain women'". BBC News. 23 January 2013. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  11. ↑ "The Right Revd Nicholas Reade". The Society. Forward in Faith. Retrieved 7 March 2021.
  12. ↑ Diocese of Blackburn – Bishop of Blackburn Announces Retirement. Blackburn.anglican.org. Retrieved on 29 February 2012.
  13. ↑ "Gazette: appointments" . Church Times . No. 7844. 19 July 2013. p. 30. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 13 February 2021– via UK Press Online archives.
  14. ↑ Number 10 — See of Blackburn (National Archives)
  15. ↑ Debrett's People of Today London, 2008 Debrett's, ISBN   978-1-870520-95-9
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