David Walker (bishop of Manchester)

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:EngvarB Script error: No such module "Infobox".Template:Template otherScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Script error: No such module "Portal". David Stuart Walker Template:Post-nominals (born 30 May 1957) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2013, he has been the Bishop of Manchester. He had previously been the Bishop of Dudley, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Worcester, from 2000 to 2013.

Early life

Walker was born on 30 May 1957. He was educated at The Manchester Grammar School, then an all-boys direct grant grammar school in Manchester. He competed in the International Mathematical Olympiad in 1975.[1] Walker studied at King's College, Cambridge, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree: as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Cantab) degree.[2] He trained for ministry at Queen's College, Edgbaston, an ecumenical theological college.[3] He later studied for a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) degree at Warwick University, which he completed in 2015.[4]

Ordained ministry

Walker was ordained in the Church of England: made a deacon at Petertide 1983 (3 July)[5] and ordained a priest the Petertide following (1 July 1984), both times by David Lunn, Bishop of Sheffield, at Sheffield Cathedral.[6] Walker's ordained ministry began as a curate at St Mary Handsworth, after which he was a team vicar at Maltby, then Bramley before ordination to the episcopate.

Walker was consecrated as a bishop on 30 November 2000 by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury,[7] at St Paul's Cathedral.[8] During his time as Bishop of Dudley, Walker was Acting Bishop of Worcester (as the sole suffragan of the diocese) during the 2007 interregnum between the retirement of Peter Selby and confirmation of John Inge.[9]

Walker's nomination to be the next Bishop of Manchester was announced on 5 June 2013;[10] his canonical election to the see was confirmed on 7 October 2013;[11] and he was enthroned at Manchester Cathedral on 30 November 2013.[12] Walker was awarded a doctorate in 2014 after research, at Warwick University, on how people belong to their churches, particularly in rural Anglicanism.

Since 2014, Walker has been vice-president of Affirming Catholicism.[13] He is a member of the Third Order of the Society of St Francis (TSSF).[14]

Walker was introduced into the House of Lords on 7 September 2020.[15] He was additionally appointed Convenor of the Lords Spiritual in 2025, and has served since 1 June 2025.[16]

Views

Walker supports the introduction of same-sex marriage in the Church of England: "I would be delighted to serve as bishop in a church that fully celebrated the committed, exclusive and faithful love of two adults, regardless of whether they were of same or different sexes".[17]

In November 2023, he was one of 44 Church of England bishops who signed an open letter supporting the use of the Prayers of Love and Faith (i.e. blessings for same-sex couples) and called for "Guidance being issued without delay that includes the removal of all restrictions on clergy entering same-sex civil marriages, and on bishops ordaining and licensing such clergy".[18]

Personal life

Walker is a keen hill walker.[19] He married Susan in 1980 and together they have two children;[2] he ordained her deacon at Manchester Cathedral on 1 July 2018, to serve as assistant curate in Prestwich.[20]

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  7. ↑ Diocese of Worcester — New Bishop of Dudley announced (Archived at archive.org, 9 December 2000. Retrieved 23 June 2017)
  8. ↑ Diocese of Worcester — Diocese welcomes new Bishop of Dudley (Archived at archive.org, 8 March 2001. Retrieved 23 June 2017)
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  10. ↑ Press release: Diocese of Manchester. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.
  11. ↑ Diocese of Worcester – David becoming Bishop of Manchester: key dates (Archived 7 December 2013. Retrieved 22 December 2015)
  12. ↑ Bishop David Walker enthroned as Bishop of Manchester. BBC News.
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