Alec Graham, Date of Birth

    

Alec Graham

Bishop of Newcastle; Bishop of Bedford

Date of Birth: 07-Aug-1929

Profession: priest

Nationality: United Kingdom

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Alec Graham

  • Andrew Alexander Kenny "Alec" Graham (born 7 August 1929) is a retired Anglican bishop. Graham was educated at Tonbridge School and St John's College, Oxford.
  • After studies at Ely Theological College he was ordained in 1956.
  • He was ordained in the Church of England: made a deacon on Trinity Sunday 1955 (5 June) and ordained a priest the Trinity following (27 May 1956), both times by George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, at Chichester Cathedral.
  • His first post was as a curate at Hove from where he moved to be a lecturer at Worcester College, Oxford.
  • After time as warden of Lincoln Theological College he was appointed the Bishop of Bedford in 1977.
  • He was consecrated a bishop on 31 March 1977, by Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury at Westminster Abbey.With his nomination on 21 May and confirmation on 29 June 1981, he was translated to Bishop of Newcastle where he stayed for sixteen years.
  • In retirement he is an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Carlisle.

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