Richard Pratt (priest)

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Richard David Pratt (born 1955) is a British retired Anglican priest who served as the Archdeacon of West Cumberland and the Archdeacon of Carlisle (in the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle) since 2009. [1]

Pratt was born in Cheltenham in 1955 and was educated at Ranelagh Grammar School and Lincoln College, Oxford. [2] and ordained in 1984. [3] Following a curacy at All Hallows' Wellingborough he held incumbencies at St Mark's Kingsthorpe and St Benedict's Hunsbury before his appointment as the communications officer for the Diocese of Carlisle in 1997, a position he held until his archdeacon’s appointment. On 24 January 2022, [4] Pratt started a job-share arrangement with Stewart Fyfe as Archdeacon of West Cumberland; on that date, he legally ceased to be Archdeacon and became Associate Archdeacon. In 2023, he was appointed (instead) Archdeacon of Carlisle (one of two other archdeaconries of the same diocese). [5] Pratt is also a bell ringer who served as the President of the Carlisle Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers (CDGCBR). [6]

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References

  1. Diocese of Carlisle web-site Archived 2012-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
  2. Pratt, Ven. Dr Richard David, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 4 December 2012
  3. Crockford's Clerical Directory online edition accessed 4 December 2012 13:57
  4. "Diocesan Announcements (Section: January 2022)". Diocese of Carlisle. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
  5. "The Archdeacon of Carlisle Announces His Retirement". Diocese of Carlisle. 5 January 2024. Archived from the original on 5 February 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2024.
  6. "Well-respected Cumbrian vicar appointed new job-share Archdeacon". Diocese of Carlisle. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Archdeacon of West Cumberland
20092022
Succeeded by
Stewart Fyfe
job-share with Pratt
Preceded by Archdeacon of Carlisle TBA