Richard Jackson (bishop)

Richard Charles Jackson (born 22 January 1961)[1] is a Church of England bishop[2] and the current Bishop of Lewes.[3]

Jackson was educated at Christ Church, Oxford and ordained in 1995.[4] After a curacy in Lindfield he was Vicar of Rudgwick from 1998 until 2009 (also Rural Dean of Horsham from 2005) when he became the Diocese of Chichester's Advisor for Mission and Renewal.[5]

He was consecrated in May 2014 at Westminster Abbey by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Jackson, Richard Charles. ukwhoswho.com. Who's Who. 2016 (November 2015 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 24 July 2016.
  2. ↑ Anglican Communion
  3. ↑ "Bishop of Lewes". Who's Who. Diocese of Chichester. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  4. ↑ Crockford's on-line accessed by private subscription 22 December 2014 @ 19:35 GMT
  5. ↑ "Suffragan Bishop of Lewes: Richard Charles Jackson". News. GOV.UK. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
  6. ↑ "Bishop of Lewes ordained by Archbishop of Canterbury". BBC News. 14 May 2014. Retrieved 19 November 2014.
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