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Olivia Josephine Graham (born 21 June 1956) is a British retired bishop. She served as Bishop of Reading, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Oxford, from 2019 until 2024; she was previously Archdeacon of Berkshire in the same diocese from 2013 to 2019. [1]
The Bishop of Reading is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Oxford, which is within the Province of Canterbury, England. [1] On 27 November 2024, it was announced that the next Bishop of Reading would be Mary Gregory, succeeding Olivia Graham. Gregory was consecrated as Bishop of Reading on 27 ...
Until 2015, the 21 longest-serving among the remaining diocesan bishops were eligible to sit in the House of Lords as Lords Spiritual. Since women became eligible as bishops in 2015, female diocesan bishops take precedence over male ones whenever a new vacancy in the Lords arises, in accordance with the Lords Spiritual (Women) Act 2015 (originally in force until 17 May 2025, [11] [12] extended ...
Six elected female suffragan bishops and the four Provincial Episcopal Visitors are entitled to attend and speak but not vote. [9] Bishops may hold their seat until they reach the age of 70, when they are obliged to step down as that is the retirement age for Church of England bishops. [1]
Alan Thomas Lawrence Wilson (27 March 1955 – 17 February 2024) was a British Anglican bishop. He served as the area Bishop of Buckingham in the Diocese of Oxford from October 2003 until his death in February 2024.
The total of 12 bishops would include the five "named Lords Spiritual" (the Archbishops of Canterbury and York and the Bishops of Durham, London and Winchester, entitled as they are to sit ex officio) plus seven other "ordinary Lords Spiritual" (diocesan bishops chosen by the church itself through whatever device it deems appropriate). The ...
On 17 January 2011, the British Government announced Proud's appointment as the Bishop of Reading, one of three suffragan/area bishops in the Diocese of Oxford. [3] He was installed at Reading Minster on 16 April 2011. [8] As Bishop of Reading, his official residence was in Tidmarsh, Berkshire. [1] Proud retired on 1 May 2019.
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