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{{Short description|British bishop}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2017}}
{{Use British English|date=August 2017}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific-prefix = [[The Right Reverend]]
| name             = Keith Sutton
| honorific-suffix = 
| title            = [[Bishop of Lichfield]]
| image            = Bishop Keith - As a younger Clergyman in the 1980s.jpg
| caption          = Sutton in the 1980s
| church           = [[Church of England]]
| diocese          = [[Diocese of Lichfield|Lichfield]]
| enthroned        = 1984
| term_end         = 2003 (retirement)
| predecessor      = [[Kenneth Skelton]]
| successor        = [[Jonathan Gledhill]]
| other_post       = [[Bishop of Kingston]] (1978–1984)<br />Principal of [[Ridley Hall, Cambridge]] (1973–1978)<br />[[Honorary assistant bishop]] in the [[Diocese of Truro|Truro]] and [[Diocese of Exeter|Exeter]] dioceses (2003–?)
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| ordination       = 
| consecration     = 29 September 1978
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| birth_date       = {{birth date|1934|6|23|df=y}}
| death_date       = {{death date and age|2017|03|24|1934|6|23|df=y}}
| nationality      = [[British people|British]]
| religion         = [[Anglican]]
| spouse           = Jean Sutton (deceased)
| children         = 4
| alma_mater       = [[Jesus College, Cambridge]]
}}
'''Keith Norman Sutton''' (23 June 1934<ref>Some online sources suggest 1935 as the correct year.</ref> – 24 March 2017<ref name="lich_Dioc">{{Cite web | title =  Former Bishop of Lichfield dies | last = Bate | first = Pete | work = Diocese of Lichfield - News | date = 24 March 2017 | access-date = 2017-03-25 | url = https://www.lichfield.anglican.org/news/2017/03/24/rt-revd-keith-sutton-rip/ }}</ref>) was the 97th [[Bishop of Lichfield]] from 1984 to 2003.<ref name=Who2011>{{cite web|title=Sutton, Rt Rev. Keith Norman|work=Who's Who 2011|publisher=Oxford University Press|date=October 2010 |url-access=subscription |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U24517|access-date=18 December 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lichfield.anglican.org/news&NewsID=409 |title=Bishop of Lichfield to retire |date=2 October 2002 |access-date=18 December 2010 |publisher=Lichfield Diocese |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110928120553/http://www.lichfield.anglican.org/news%26NewsID%3D409 |archive-date=28 September 2011 }}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Sutton grew up in Balham, London. He attended Battersea Grammar School and won a scholarship to Cambridge to read English but changed to theology. He graduated from [[Jesus College, Cambridge]], in 1959. He was a keen runner (national schoolboy sprint champion) and was a Cambridge Blue at tennis. Before attending Cambridge University he did his national service with the British Army where he was commissioned into the Sixth Armoured Division and spent time primarily in Germany.

==Ministry==
Sutton was ordained at Exeter Cathedral and served as a curate in Plymouth. In July 1985, he was sent by the [[Archbishop of Canterbury]] as a special envoy to support Archbishop [[Desmond Tutu]] who was facing threats of action by the South African government.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=2507&dat=19880322&id=BzlAAAAAIBAJ&sjid=OlkMAAAAIBAJ&pg=3062,5819666 Runcie envoy arrives to back Tutu.] Glasgow Herald, 22 March 1988</ref><ref>[http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist//ITN/1985/07/21/AS210785007/?s=bishop+keith+sutton+desmond+tutu&st=0&pn=1 Bishop of Lichfield.] ITN Source, 21 July 1985</ref>
He was the [[Bishop of Kingston]] from 1978 to 1984, having served as principal of [[Ridley Hall]] from 1973 to 1978.<ref name=Who2011/> Prior to his time at Ridley Hall he taught at Bishop Tucker Theological College in Mukono, Uganda, from 1968 to 1973 (now part of [[Uganda Christian University]]). He was chaplain of [[St John's College, Cambridge]], from 1962 to 1967. In 1989 he became a member of the General Synod Standing Committee and became president of The Queens College in Birmingham and governor of St John's College, Durham. He wrote a Lent book, ''The People of God'' (1983).

Sutton retired to [[Cornwall]] and served as an honorary [[assistant bishop]] in the dioceses of [[Diocese of Truro|Truro]] and [[Diocese of Exeter|Exeter]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lichfield.anglican.org/news&newsID=367 |archive-url=http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20120126180550/http://www.lichfield.anglican.org/news&newsID=367 |url-status=dead |archive-date=26 January 2012 |title=Bishop of Lichfield retires |date=20 April 2003 |access-date=14 March 2012 |publisher=Lichfield Diocese }} </ref>

==Marriage and family==
Sutton was married to Jean Sutton (née Geldard), deceased September 2000. They had three sons (Mark, Paul and Andrew) and one daughter (Jacqui).

==References==
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== External links ==
* [http://www.thefreelibrary.com/Interview%3A+Keith+hangs+up+his+mitre+and+heads+for+the+beach.-a0100387002 Interview at The Free Library]<!-- with better CV than here -->
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