Norman Banks (bishop)

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Norman Banks

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Bishop of Richborough (AEO)
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Bishop Banks in 2012
Diocese Canterbury
In office2011–2024
Predecessor Keith Newton
Other post(s) Vicar of Walsingham (2000–2011)
Orders
Ordination1983
Consecration16 June 2011 [1]
by  Rowan Williams
Personal details
Born (1954-04-04) 4 April 1954 (age 70)
Nationality British
Denomination Anglican
Alma mater Oriel College, Oxford

Norman Banks SSC (born 4 April 1954) is a retired Anglican bishop. From 2011 until 2024, he was the Bishop of Richborough, [2] the provincial episcopal visitor for the eastern half of the Church of England Province of Canterbury.

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Early life

Banks was born on 4 April 1954 in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England. [3] [4] He was educated at Wallsend Grammar School. [5] He studied at Oriel College, Oxford, [3] graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1976; [6] as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree in 1980. [6] From 1979 to 1982, he trained for ordination at St Stephen's House, Oxford. [7]

Ordained ministry

Banks was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1982 and as a priest in 1982. He was an assistant curate at Christ Church and St Ann's, Newcastle from 1982 to 1987 and then the parish's priest in charge until 1990. He was Vicar of St Paul's, Whitley Bay, from 1990 until 2000. He was then Vicar of Walsingham in the Diocese of Norwich between 2000 and his episcopal appointment in 2011. [6]

Episcopal ministry

Banks was appointed the third Bishop of Richborough. [8] On 16 June 2011, he was consecrated as a bishop at Southwark Cathedral by Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury. [1] As Bishop of Richborough, he is the provincial episcopal visitor for the eastern half of the Province of Canterbury. He acted as principal consecrator during the episcopal ordination of Will Hazlewood on 15 July 2020. [9]

Banks is a member of the Council of Bishops of The Society. [10]

In December 2023, it was announced that Banks would retire as Bishop of Richborough on Easter Sunday (31 March) 2024. [11]

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References

  1. 1 2 Richborough Episcopal Area – New Bishop Consecrated
  2. ↑ Number Ten
  3. 1 2 Who's Who 2012 – RICHBOROUGH, Bishop Suffragan of
  4. ↑ "Richborough, Bishop Suffragan of, (Rt Rev. Norman Banks) (born 4 April 1954)". Who's Who 2024 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "✠ The Rt Revd Norman BANKS". The Church of England Year Book. Church House Publishing. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  6. 1 2 3 "Norman Banks" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  7. ↑ Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) ISBN   0-7151-8088-6
  8. ↑ BBC News
  9. ↑ "Statement regarding the Consecration of The Revd Prebendary Will Hazlewood". Forward in Faith. 13 July 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  10. ↑ "The Council of Bishops". The Society. Retrieved 6 December 2015.
  11. ↑ "Retirement announced of the Bishop of Richborough, Norman Banks". Archbishop of Canterbury. 19 December 2023. Archived from the original on 21 December 2023. Retrieved 31 December 2023.
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