Richard Lewis (bishop)

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John Hubert Richard Lewis known as Richard Lewis (born 1943) is a British Anglican clergy and current Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich.

Ordained as deacon in 1967 and as priest one year later, Lewis was curate of Hexham, Newcastle from 1967 to 1970. He was Industrial Chaplain from 1970 to 1977 and Communications Officer in Durham from 1977 to 1982. Between 1982 and 1987, he was Chaplain for Agriculture in Hereford, and between 1987 and 1992 Archdeacon of Ludlow. Lewis was consecrated as Suffragan Bishop of Taunton in 1992, and held this post until 1997, when he was appointed 9th Bishop of Edmundsbury and Ipswich.

He retired in June 2007^[1]

[edit] References

1. ^ BBC News. Retrieved on 2006-10-24.

• Biography at the diocese's website. Retrieved on 2006-11-24.

Religious titles
Preceded by John Dennis	Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich 1997–2007	Succeeded by William Nigel Stock

v • d • e Bishops of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich 1913-2008 Henry Bernard Hodgson • Albert Augustus David • Walter Godfrey Whittingham • Richard Brook • Arthur Harold Morris  • Leslie Wilfrid Brown  • John Waine • John Dennis • Richard Lewis • William Nigel Stock •