Graham Cray
| The Rt Revd Graham Cray BA(Hons) |
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|---|---|
| Archbishops' Missioner and Team Leader of Fresh Expressions | |
| Church | Church of England |
| In office | 2009–present |
| Other posts | Honorary assistant bishop in Canterbury and in York (2009–present); and in Rochester (2011–present) Bishop of Maidstone (2001–2009) Principal, Ridley Hall (1992–2001) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1971 (deacon); 1972 (priest) |
| Consecration | 2001 |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 21 April 1947 |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Alan and Doris |
| Spouse | Jacqueline Webster (m. 1973) |
| Children | Two daughters |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds |
Graham Alan Cray (born 21 April 1947) is the Archbishops' Missioner and Team Leader of Fresh Expressions.[1]
Cray was educated at Leeds University[2] and St John's College, Nottingham before beginning his ministry as a curate at St Mark's Church, Gillingham.[3] Cray later spent 14 years at St Michael-le-Belfry in York (at first working with, and later succeeding, the Revd Canon David Watson[4] before becoming Principal of Ridley Hall theological college in Cambridge[5] and later the Bishop of Maidstone in 2001. In 2009 he was appointed to lead the Archbishops' (of Canterbury and of York) Fresh Expressions team.[6] He is the Chairman of Soul Survivor.
References
- ↑ Crockford's On-line Accessed 8 June 2008.
- ↑ "Cray, Rt Rev. Graham Alan", Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [1], accessed 9 July 2012
- ↑ Church website
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Debrett's People of Today London, Debrett's, 2008 ISBN 978-1-870520-95-9
- ↑ Daily Telegraph, p. 30, 17 November 2008.
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