Alec Graham
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Andrew Alexander Kenny Graham[1] (7 August 1929 – 9 May 2021) was an English Anglican bishop.[2]
Graham was educated at Tonbridge School and St John's College, Oxford.[3] After studies at Ely Theological College he was ordained in 1956.[4] He was ordained in the Church of England: made a deacon on Trinity Sunday 1955 (5 June) [5] and ordained a priest the Trinity following (27 May 1956), both times by George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, at Chichester Cathedral.[6] His first post was as a curate at Hove from where he moved to be a lecturer at Worcester College, Oxford. After time as warden of Lincoln Theological College he was appointed the Bishop of Bedford in 1977.[7] He was consecrated a bishop on 31 March 1977, by Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury at Westminster Abbey.[8]
With his nomination on 21 May and confirmation on 29 June 1981, he was translated to Bishop of Newcastle[9] where he stayed for sixteen years. In retirement he was an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Carlisle.
Graham died at his home in Butterwick, on 9 May 2021, at the age of 91.[10]
References
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- ↑ Church of England – GS1554 (Accessed 8 November 2013)
- ↑ Daily Telegraph Issue no 51,628 dated Thursday 13 May 2021 Obituary p27: "The Right Reverend Alexander Graham- Bishop of Newcastle and theological polymath gifted with doctrinal knowledge and pastoral skills"
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- ↑ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing Template:ISBN
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- ↑ "Church news New bishops suffragan of Repton and Bedford", The Times, 2 February 1977
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- ↑ The Times, Thursday, 2 April 1981; p. 16; Issue 60892; col D – Bishop appointed
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