David Walker (bishop of Manchester)

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The Right Reverend                   
David Walker
TSSF
Bishop of Manchester
Diocese Diocese of Manchester
In office 2013–present
Predecessor Nigel McCulloch
Other posts Bishop suffragan of Dudley (2000–2013; area bishop until 2002)[1]
Orders
Ordination 1983 (deacon)
1984 (priest)
Consecration 2000
Personal details
Born (1957-05-30) 30 May 1957 (age 66)
Nationality British
Denomination Anglican
Spouse Sue
Children 2 children
Alma mater King's College, Cambridge

David Stuart Walker, TSSF (born 30 May 1957) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2013, he has been the Bishop of Manchester. He had previously been the Bishop of Dudley, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Worcester, from 2000 to 2013.

Early life

Walker was born on 30 May 1957. He was educated at Manchester Grammar School, then an all-boys direct grant grammar school in Manchester. He competed in the International Mathematical Olympiad in 1975.[2] He studied at King's College, Cambridge.[3] He trained for ministry at Queen's College, Edgbaston.[4]

Ordained ministry

Walker was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1983 and as a priest in 1984.[4] His career began with a curacy at St Mary Handsworth,[5] after which he was Team Vicar at Maltby, then Bramley before ordination to the episcopate.

Walker was consecrated as a bishop in 2000.[4] During his time as Bishop of Dudley, Walker was Acting Bishop of Worcester (as the sole suffragan of the diocese) during the 2007 interregnum between the retirement of Peter Selby and confirmation of John Inge.[6]

His nomination to be the next Bishop of Manchester was announced on 5 June 2013;[7] his canonical election to the See was confirmed on 7 October 2013;[8] and he was enthroned at Manchester Cathedral on 30 November 2013.[9] He was awarded a doctorate in 2014 after research, at Warwick University, on how people belong to their churches, particularly in rural Anglicanism.

Since 2014, Walker has been Vice President of Affirming Catholicism.[10] He is a member of the Third Order of the Society of St Francis (TSSF).[11]

Personal life

Walker is keen hill walker.[12] He is married to Sue and together they have two children.[13]

Styles

References

  1. GS 1445: Report of the Dioceses Commission, Diocese of Worcester (Accessed 23 April 2014)
  2. David Walker's results at the International Mathematical Olympiad
  3. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
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  5. Church details
  6. [1]
  7. Press release: Diocese of Manchester. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street.
  8. Diocese of Worcester – David becoming Bishop of Manchester: key dates (Archived 7 December 2013; accessed 22 December 2015)
  9. Bishop David Walker enthroned as Bishop of Manchester. BBC News.
  10. http://www.affirmingcatholicism.org.uk/pages/default.asp?sID=0&mode=news&article=78
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  12. Debrett's People of Today London, 2008 Debrett's, ISBN 978-1-870520-95-9
  13. Diocese of Manchester — Bishop David biography
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Dudley
2000–2013
Succeeded by
Graham Usher
Preceded by Bishop of Manchester
2013–present
Incumbent

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