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About Philip North
- Philip John North (born 2 December 1966) is a bishop in the Church of England.
- Since February 2015, he has been Bishop of Burnley, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Blackburn.
- He was previously Team Rector of the Parish of Old St Pancras. It had been announced in January 2017 that North had been nominated to become the next Bishop of Sheffield.
- He withdrew his acceptance of the nomination in March 2017 without taking up the post, after concerns were raised about him being "unable to receive the ministry of women as bishops or priests." In 2012, he had withdrawn his acceptance of the appointment as Bishop of Whitby for the same reason.
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