Andrew Graham (bishop of Newcastle)

Andrew Alexander Kenny Graham ( born August 7, 1929) is a British Anglican theologian. He was from 1981 to 1997 Bishop of Newcastle in the Church of England.

Life

Graham spent his school years in Tonbridge. He studied at the prestigious St. John's College, Oxford University. After the study period at the Theological College in Ely, he was ordained a priest in 1956. After a first Vicar location in Hove, he was Lecturer at Worcester College, Oxford. He was head of the Theological College in Lincoln. From 1970 to 1977 he was Residenzkanoniker ( residentiary Canon ) and a member of the Chapter of Lincoln Cathedral. From 1975 to 1977 he was a member of the General Synod of the Church of England. In 1977 he was ordained a bishop. From 1977 to 1981 he was a suffragan bishop of Bedford.

On 21 May 1981 he was appointed as successor to Ronald Bowlby Bishop of Newcastle and used on June 29, 1981 Queen Elizabeth II in this office. End of June 1997, he went into retirement; his successor was Martin Wharton. Since his retirement in 1997 he has worked as a volunteer assistant bishop ( Honorary Assistant Bishop) in the diocese of Carlisle.

Membership in the House of Lords

Graham was as a clergyman Lord the House of Lords officially in his capacity as Bishop of Newcastle from August 1985 to June 1997. His inaugural address was delivered on 26 February 1986. Hansard word posts in Graham's from the years 1986 to 1996 are documented. In November 1996 he enlisted in the House of Lords last to speak. His membership in the House of Lords ended with his retirement as Bishop of Newcastle in June 1997.