Michael Langrish

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The Rt Revd Michael Langrish
Bishop of Exeter
Diocese	Diocese of Exeter
Installed	2000
Term ended	30 June 2013
Predecessor	Hewlett Thompson
Successor	TBA
Other posts	Bishop of Birkenhead 1993–2000
Orders
Ordination	1973
Consecration	1993
Personal details
Born	(1946-07-01) 1 July 1946 Southampton, Hampshire
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	Bishop's Palace
Parents	Douglas Langrish & Brenda Passingham
Spouse	Esther Rudd (m. 1968)
Children	One son, two daughters
Profession	previously educator
Alma mater	Birmingham University

Michael Laurence Langrish (born 1 July 1946) is a retired English Anglican bishop and the most recent Bishop of Exeter.

Born in Southampton, Hampshire, the son of Douglas Frank Langrish and Brenda Florence Passingham was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton, and Birmingham University, where he received a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in 1967 and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education one year later. He was further educated at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts and a Master of Arts in Theology in 1973, and in Ridley Hall, Cambridge.

Langrish was lecturer in education in Nigeria from 1969 to 1971. He became deacon in 1973 and was assistant curate at Holy Trinity Church (Shakespeares Church) Stratford-upon-Avon until 1976. In 1974, he was ordained as a priest, and was chaplain of Rugby School from 1976 to 1981. In the following year he was made vicar of Offchurch and diocesan director of ordinands, and held this post until 1987. From 1982 to 1989 he was the Bishop of Coventry's examining chaplain and, from 1987 to 1993, the rector of the Rugby Team Ministry. Langrish was an honorary canon of Coventry Cathedral between 1990 and 1993, and Bishop of Birkenhead from 1993 to 2000. In 2000, he was appointed the 70th Bishop of Exeter and became a Lord Spiritual with a seat at the House of Lords in 2005.

He was one of the rebel diocesan bishops who signed a letter against Rowan Williams' decision not to block the appointment of Jeffrey John as Bishop of Reading in 2003. The others signatories (referred to, since there were nine, as the Nazgûl) were: Michael Scott-Joynt (Bishop of Winchester), Michael Nazir-Ali (Rochester), Peter Forster (Chester), James Jones (Liverpool), George Cassidy (Southwell & Nottingham), Graham Dow (Carlisle), John Hind (Chichester) and David James (Bradford). He is one of four English diocesan bishops who do not ordain women to the priesthood.

Since 1968 Langrish has been married to Esther Rudd; they have one son and two daughters.

On 6 January 2013, Langrish announced his retirement effective 30 June 2013. He duly retired following a final service at Wells Cathedral.^[1]

Styles

Michael Langrish Esq (1946-1973)
The Revd Michael Langrish (1973-1990)
The Revd Canon Michael Langrish (1990-1993)
The Rt Revd Michael Langrish (1993–present)

References

↑ BBC News – Bishop Langrish retires from office (Accessed 1 July 2013)

"DodOnline". Retrieved 2006-11-21.
"Biography of The Rt Rev the Bishop of Exeter at debretts.com". Retrieved 2011-11-02.

v t e Bishops of Birkenhead

Eric Mercer Ronald Brown Michael Langrish David Urquhart Keith Sinclair

v t e Bishops of Exeter

High Medieval	see removed from Crediton Leofric Osbern FitzOsbern William Warelwast Robert Warelwast Robert of Chichester Bartholomew Iscanus John the Chanter Henry Marshal Simon of Apulia William Briwere Richard Blund Walter Branscombe Peter Quinel Thomas Bitton

Late Medieval	Walter de Stapledon James Berkeley John Godeley John Grandisson Thomas de Brantingham Edmund Stafford John Catterick Edmund Lacey John Hales George Neville John Booth Peter Courtenay Richard Foxe Oliver King Richard Redman

Early modern	John Arundel Hugh Oldham John Vesey Myles Coverdale John Vesey James Turberville William Alley William Bradbridge John Woolton Gervase Babington William Cotton Valentine Cary Joseph Hall Ralph Brownrigg John Gauden Seth Ward Anthony Sparrow Thomas Lamplugh Sir Jonathan Trelawney Bt Ofspring Blackall Lancelot Blackburne Stephen Weston Nicholas Clagett George Lavington Frederick Keppel John Ross William Buller Reginald Courtenay

Late modern	John Fisher George Pelham William Carey Christopher Bethell Henry Phillpotts Frederick Temple Edward Bickersteth Herbert Edward Ryle Archibald Robertson Lord William Cecil Charles Curzon Robert Mortimer Eric Mercer Hewlett Thompson Michael Langrish John Ford (acting) Nick McKinnel (acting)

v t e Diocese of Exeter

Exeter Cathedral The Palace, Exeter The Old Deanery, Exeter

Office holders	The Bishop of Exeter (Vacant) The acting diocesan bishop & Bishop suffragan of Crediton, Nick McKinnel The Bishop suffragan of Plymouth (Vacant) AEO: Bishop suffragan of Ebbsfleet (Vacant) The Dean of Exeter, Jonathan Draper The Archdeacon of Barnstaple, David Gunn-Johnson The Archdeacon of Totnes, John Rawlings The Archdeacon of Plymouth, Ian Chandler The Archdeacon of Exeter, Christopher Futcher

Selected deaneries	Deanery of Barnstaple Deanery of Cadbury Deanery of Christianity (Exeter) Deanery of Hartland

Historic offices	Archdeacon of Cornwall (11th century – 1876; became the Diocese of Truro)

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 101516311 LCCN: no2009164092

Persondata
Name	Langrish, Michael Laurence
Alternative names
Short description	Bishop of Exeter; Bishop of Birkenhead
Date of birth	1 July 1946
Place of birth	Southampton, Hampshire
Date of death
Place of death

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