David Charles James

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David Charles James (born March 6, 1945 ) is a British Anglican theologian . He was Lord Bishop of Bradford from 2002 to 2010 .

life and career

David James attended Nottingham High School . In 1966 he graduated from the University of Exeter with a Bachelor of Science degree . He was initially a professor of chemistry at the University of Southampton . In 1973 he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from St. John's College, University of Nottingham .

After his ordination , his ecclesiastical career began from 1973 to 1976 with a vicariate in Highfield , Southampton . From 1976 to 1978 he was vicar in Goring-by-Sea , Worthing . He was then an Anglican chaplain at the University of East Anglia from 1978 to 1982 .

From 1982 to 1990 he was Vicar of Ecclesfield in the Diocese of Sheffield . At the same time he was country dean in Ecclesfield from 1987 to 1990. He returned to his old parish in Southampton as Vicar from 1990 to 1998 until he was named Auxiliary Bishop of Pontefract in 1998 .

In 2002 he was called to Bradford as a diocesan bishop . He is the ninth Bishop of Bradford to serve in this office. He retired in May 2010.

David James is married to Gillian James. You have four daughters.

Membership in the House of Lords

James served as Spiritual Lord of the House of Lords from 2009 to 2010 . His political interests include education , child and youth policy, and interreligious dialogue . On the side of the House of Lords, he names Pakistan and Sudan as countries of interest .

Public statements

In 2003, James had massively countered allegations within the Church that there was violence against women within the clergy and that husbands beat their wives. He could not imagine that his fellow ministers, whom he had met all over the world, would beat their wives. He wouldn't do that himself either. Rather, he loves his wife, who actively supports him in his work.

In the same year he signed an open letter as one of 17 Bishops in the Church of England who rejected the nomination of Jeffrey John , an openly gay priest who was committed, as Auxiliary Bishop of Reading .

In July 2006, he was part of a group of bishops who warned Tony Blair against possession of nuclear weapons . These would be vicious and deeply against God.

On October 7, 2008, James was among the signatories of a declaration calling for the protection of children from emotional and physical violence.

In June 2009, the Bishop of expressed Newcastle , Paul Richardson to the fact that the decline in church attendance would show that the UK is not a Christian country more. James said that the Church is well aware of the challenge it faces, but that there are certainly signs of hope. The church is always a generation from extinction. Many bishops and denominations are aware of this and will respond to it. Many young people today prefer modern forms of worship; the number of adult baptisms would also increase.

In the summer of 2008, James granted humanitarian asylum to a mother and her two children in his own home . James feared that the woman who had come to the UK as an immigrant might commit suicide out of desperation in order to secure the right of residence in the UK for her children aged 7 and 8.

Immigration officials said they refrained from arrest simply because James was Bishop of Bradford.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biography of David James at the See of Bradford ( Memento from June 16, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Bradford's Bishop David James retires from top job BBC News ; July 14, 2010
  3. ↑ Biography of David James at the Church of England ( Memento of April 3, 2010 in the Internet Archive )
  4. ↑ David James on the House of Lords website, www.parliament.uk
  5. ↑ US female bishop Catherine Roskam: male prelates 'beat up wives' The Times of July 31, 2008
  6. ↑ Dioceses divided by the issue that won't go away The Guardian of June 19, 2003
  7. ↑ Bishop's say Trident is 'anti-God' BBC News of July 10, 2006
  8. ↑ Churches 'Network for Non-violence (CNNV) (PDF; 21 kB) Anglican Bishops' Statement in support of Equal Protection for Children from October 7, 2008
  9. ↑ Britain is no longer a Christian nation, claims Church of England Bishop The Telegraph, June 27, 2009
  10. ↑ Bishop speaks of brush with police over asylum seekers Christian Today from February 23, 2009
personal data
SURNAME James, David Charles
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British bishop
DATE OF BIRTH March 6, 1945