Robert Ladds
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Early life and education
Ladds was born on 15 November 1941.[2] After school, he worked as an industrial research chemist from 1959 to 1968.[2] He then attended Christ Church College, Canterbury to train as a teacher.[3] He completed a Certificate in Education (CertEd) in 1970 and a Bachelor of Education (BEd Hons) degree in 1971: these qualifications were validated by the University of London.[2] He was awarded the Licentiate of the Royal Society of Chemistry (LRSC) in 1972.[4] He was a chemistry teacher at Borden Grammar School, an all-boys school in Sittingbourne, before being ordained.[3]
Ordained ministry
Having trained on a part-time basis with the Canterbury School of Ministry, Ladds was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1980 and as a priest in 1981.[4] He began his ordained ministry as a curate in Hythe, Kent.[5][6] From 1983 to 1991, he was Rector of St John the Baptist's Church, Bretherton in the Diocese of Blackburn.[4] He was additionally school chaplain of Bishop Rawstorne Church of England Academy from 1983 to 1987 and Bishop of Blackburn's chaplain for ministry from 1986 to 1990.[2] From 1991 to 1997, he served successively as priest in charge and then rector of Preston.[4] He was made an honorary canon of Blackburn Cathedral in 1993.[2] He then served as Archdeacon of Lancaster from 1997 to 1999.[4]
Episcopal ministry
Ladds was consecrated a bishop on 29 September 1999 during a service at York Minster.[4][7] He served as Bishop of Whitby, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of York from 1999 to 2008.[4]
Ladds retired from full-time ministry in 2009 at the age of 68.[4] He has maintained an active retirement. He has been an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of London since 2009.[4] He was house-for-duty priest of St Mary and Christ Church, Hendon from 2009 to 2015.[2] He was then an honorary curate of St Peter's, London Docks from 2015 to 2021.[2]
He has been the current Superior-General of the Society of Mary since 2000.[2][8]
Views
Ladds rejects the ordination of women as priests and bishops.[7] He is a retired bishop of The Society, a traditional Anglo-Catholic association of Church of England.[9]
References
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- ↑ Burke's Peerage Online
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