Richard Henderson (bishop)

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Richard Crosbie Aitken Henderson is a clergyman who has served with the Church of Ireland and the Church of England. Until 31 January 2011 he was Bishop of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry. [1]

Born on 27 March 1957, a son of Peter Henderson, Baron Henderson of Brompton [2] he was educated at Westminster and Magdalen College, Oxford, initially studying botany and earning a doctorate with a thesis on "The Genetics and Applications of Copper Resistance in Yeast". [3]

He was ordained in 1987 [4] and began his ecclesiastical career in the Diocese of Oxford as curate of Chinnor with Emmington. He moved to Ireland in 1989 and held incumbencies in the Diocese of Cork, Cloyne and Ross, including Rector of Abbeystrewry Union, Skibberreen. He was Dean of Ross from 1995 to 1998 when he was elected bishop of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry. [5]

In 2007 his wife Anita was received into the Roman Catholic Church. In January 2011 he retired as bishop to return to parochial ministry in England, becoming Team Vicar in the Heart of Eden and an Honorary Assistant Bishop within the Diocese of Carlisle in March 2011. [6] [7] [8] [9]

On his election as bishop, it was reported that "Dean Henderson has a passion for working with his hands, mostly in woodwork and engineering metal work. He plays piano, organ and recorder, especially the music of J S Bach, reads English literature and a wide range of technical books, and enjoys gardening and building. He has taught music in Darjeeling, been an indoor plant decorator, a self-employed cabinet maker and biotechnology adviser to Andry Montgomery Ltd, which mounts trade exhibitions'." [10]

He is married to Anita Whiting, with whom he has two daughters and a son. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ thePeerage.com
  2. ↑ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN   978-0-7136-8555-8
  3. ↑ "Henderson Elected New Bishop" The Connaught Telegraph, 26 November 1997. Accessed 9 March 2011.
  4. ↑ Crockford's clerical directory 1987–88 Lambeth, Church House, 1975 ISBN   0-7151-8066-5
  5. ↑ Church of Ireland
  6. ↑ Bishop Richard Henderson to take up new post in England. Church of Ireland website. Retrieved 2 February 2011.
  7. ↑ Daily Telegraph Appointments in the Clergy p32 Issue no 48,413 (dated 26 January 2011)
  8. ↑ Bishop at Heart of Eden The Cumberland and Westmoreland Herald, 24 December 2010. Accessed 9 March 2011.
  9. ↑ New Heart of Eden Team Vicar, The Eden Valley Messenger, 6 March 2011. Accessed 9 March 2011.
  10. ↑ From a 1997 Church of Ireland press release, quoted at Anglicans Online. Accessed 9 March 2011.
  11. ↑ "HENDERSON ELECTED NEW BISHOP FOR TUAM KILLALA & ACHONRY". The Connaught Telegraph. 26 November 1997. Archived from the original on December 27, 2013. Retrieved 2013-01-25.CS1 maint: unfit URL (link)
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Preceded by
John Robert Winder Neill 		Bishop of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry
1998–2011		Succeeded by
Patrick William Rooke
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