Tim Thornton (bishop)
Timothy " Tim " Martin Thornton ( born April 14, 1957) is a British Anglican theologian and Bishop of Truro since 2008 in the Church of England.
Life
Thornton grew up the son of a pastor in Plymouth. He attended Devonport High School for Boys in Plymouth, Devon. Thornton studied theology at the University of Southampton and graduated there with an honors degree in Theology from. In preparation for the priesthood, he attended St Stephen 's House Theological College in Oxford.
In 1980, he was consecrated in the Cathedral of Wakefield as a deacon in 1981 was ordained priest. In 1981 he was assistant priest in Todmorden in the Diocese of Wakefield. In 1982 he was parish administrator ( Priest in Charge ) at St Peter 's Parish Church, Walsden, also in the Diocese of Wakefield. He held until 1985 This church office. From 1985 to 1987 he worked as a university chaplain at Cardiff University in the diocese of Llandaff in Wales. 1987 called him the then Bishop of Wakefield, David Hope, back to Wakefield and gave him the place of his private chaplain.
1988 Thornton Diocesan Director in Wakefield. He was responsible for the selection and training of candidates for the priesthood. From 1991 to 1994 he was still private chaplain of David Hope, after he had been appointed Bishop of London.
1994 Thornton was rector of the North Thames Ministerial Training Course in London, where he was also responsible for the development and introduction of a new curriculum for the training of priests in addition to the training of candidates for the priesthood. Besides his teaching, put Thornton at King's College London, his Master of Arts degree in church history from.
In 1998 he became pastor at St Mary Abbots Church in Kensington. 2001 Thornton was ordained in Southwark Cathedral in London for the bishop. He was appointed Suffragan Bishop of Sherborne, 2001. As a regional Bishop Thornton was responsible for the county of Dorset, and had the task of organizing the pastoral care both in the rural communities, as well as in the tourist areas around Bournemouth, Weymouth and Poole. A major concern to him at this time was to create links between the church and the university. He was a member of the Board of Directors of Bournemouth University. He was also a patron of the Children's Hospice, a hospice for terminally ill children in Poole. 2007 Thornton was appointed Deputy Lord Lieutenant of the county of Dorset.
2008 Thornton was appointed the 15th Bishop of Truro. The official inauguration took place with a welcome service in the cathedral of Truro on March 7, 2009.
Since 2009, Thornton is president of the YMCA in Cornwall.
Work in the public
Thornton is considered to be open-minded, experienced and sensitive churchman and a prime mediator of diverse views. Thornton sees the future of the Church generally positive. In his view, the Gospel could be communicated to all people. The Church must go out into the world and teach the Faith.
Other religious areas of interest Thorntons are inter-religious dialogue and cooperation with the Anglican Church in Africa, particularly with the Episcopal Church of the Sudan. Together with the representatives of the Methodist Church, he also organized pilgrimages in the diocese of Salisbury.
As a focal point of his, possibly sometime on him can assume activity in the House of Lords, Thornton called on his appointment as Bishop of Truro in particular the personal use of the county of Cornwall and the representation of the interests of the county in Parliament.
Thornton was on 7 October 2008 the signatories of a declaration that called for the protection of children against mental and physical violence.
On the occasion of the upcoming in the UK in June 2009 local elections, called Thornton and Michael Langrish, Bishop of Exeter, in May 2009 the citizens to come to make use of its general political dissatisfaction, and despite the current political scandals of their right to vote. Before the election, several senior British politicians and members of the government were massive fallen into the public criticism due to unclear expense reports.
At the place in Truro Diocesan Synod emphasized Thornton the Church's responsibility for the protection of the environment. The Church must take a leading role in order to obtain God's creation. Also the man must understand and accept their individual responsibility.
Thornton regarded as an opponent of same-sex marriages.
Membership in the House of Lords
Thornton heard since January 31, 2013 as a clergyman Lord the House of Lords officially. In the House of Lords he succeeds Nigel McCulloch, Bishop of Manchester, at which retired in mid-January 2013. On April 22, 2013, was officially introduced in the House of Lords and swore the oath of office.
Private
Thornton is married to Sian Thornton, who works as a teacher and school principal. He is the father of two grown children, a son and a daughter. His leisure time activities include Thornton rugby, cricket, reading novels and books on church history, as well as sports and fitness.