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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.
Pope Gregory sent more missionaries in 601, along with encouraging letters and gifts for the churches, although attempts to persuade the native British bishops to submit to Augustine's authority failed. Roman bishops were established at London, and Rochester in 604, and a school was founded to train Anglo-Saxon priests and
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 ...
However, the daily lectionary, devised by the Catholic Church and adopted by the Church of England (among others), provides more material. The CCT has also produced a volume of daily readings. [1] The Church of England has augmented the RCL by the provision of readings for second and third services.
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This article lists Diocesan Bishops and Archbishops in the Church of England, the Church in Wales, the Scottish Episcopal Church and the Church of Ireland.
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.