David Smith (Bishop)

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David James Smith (born July 14, 1935 in Hertfordshire ) is a British Anglican theologian . He was Bishop of Bradford in the Church of England from 1992 to 2002 .

Life

Smith was born to Stanley Smith and his wife Gwendolen Smith in Hertfordshire. He grew up in a religious family and attended Sunday school regularly . He attended the Hertford Grammar School. He left school when he was sixteen. He then worked as a delivery boy at Unilever in Leeds . He then went to London to find work. Even then he wanted to be a priest. He was told, however, that he was too young for that; he should audition again after his military service if he still felt the vocation for the priesthood within him. After his military service ( National Service ) in the Royal Artillery , he studied theology , first at King's College London of the University of London , then later at St Boniface College in Warminster . In 1959 he was ordained a deacon ; In 1960 he was ordained a priest . He began his priestly career in 1959 as assistant vicar ( Assistant Curate ) at All Saints' Church in Gosforth , a borough of Newcastle-upon-Tyne . He then was assistant vicar at St Francis Church in High Heaton . This was followed by a position as a pastor ( priest in charge ) at St Mary Magdalene Church in Longbenton . He was then pastor ( vicar ) in Longhirst with responsibility for the parish in Hebron in Northumberland ; then he was pastor ( vicar ) at St Marys Church in Monkseaton . After that he was Rural Dean of Tynemouth . From 1964 to 1978 he was “Diocesan Ecumenical Officer” and advisor to the diocesan bishop in questions of ecumenism ( Bishop's Adviser in Ecumenical Affairs ). In 1973 he was elected "Proctor in Convocation"; In this function he represented the clergy of the diocese to the Church of England in the provincial synod ( convocation ). From 1973 to 1984 he was a member of the General Synod of the Church of England. From 1981 to 1987 he was Archdeacon ( Archdeacon ) of Lindisfarne ( Archdeacon of Lindisfarne ).

In 1987 he was ordained a bishop . From 1982 to 1985 he was the "Bishop of Maidstone" suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Canterbury in the Church of England. From 1990 to 1992 he was, as the successor to Ronald Gordon , "Bishop to the Forces" ( The Archbishop of Canterbury's Episcopal Representative to the Armed Forces ). In this capacity he was the Archbishop's representative of Canterbury in the British Armed Forces and responsible for the Church of England's pastoral work in the British Armed Forces. In 1992 he became Bishop of Bradford in the Church of England , succeeding Roy Williamson . He held this office until 2002. He was succeeded as Bishop of Bradford by David James . After his retirement he worked since 2002 as Honorary Assistant Bishop in the Diocese of York and in the Diocese in Europe ( Diocese in Europe ).

He has been a Fellow of King's College London since 1999 . In 2001 he received an honorary doctorate from the University of Bradford .

family

In 1961 he married his wife Mary Moult. The marriage had two children, a son and a daughter. Smith lives in York .

Membership in the House of Lords

Smith served as Spiritual Lord of the House of Lords from September 1997 until his retirement as Bishop of Bradford in July 2002, in his capacity as Bishop of Bradford .

In the Hansard, speeches by David Smith from 1997 to 2002 are documented. He gave his inaugural address on December 1, 1997 in the context of a debate on the political situation in Sudan . On April 24, 2002, during his term in office, he last spoke out in a debate on the situation of children and young people.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d The life of the church . Interview with David Smith. Official website of the BBC . Spring 2002. Accessed January 11, 2014
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g h i RT. REV. DAVID SMITH HONORED BY UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD ( Memento of the original from September 23, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Official website of the University of Bradford as of July 16, 2001 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.brad.ac.uk
  3. ↑ Who's Who 2008 . London. A&C Black. 2008. ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  4. ^ A b c Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008 . London, Church House 2007. ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0
  5. ^ Debrett's People of Today . London. Debrett's 1992. ISBN 1-870520-09-2
  6. ↑ The York Potash Foundation ( Memento of the original from January 11, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved January 11, 2014.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / yorkpotash.co.uk
  7. ^ Sudan text of the speech of December 1, 1997
  8. ↑ Children and Young People Text of the speech of April 24, 2002
predecessor Office successor
Robert Hardy Bishop of Maidstone
1987-1992 		Gavin Hunter Reid
Ronald Gordon Bishop of the Armed Forces
1990–1992 		John Kirkham
Roy Williamson Bishop of Bradford
1992–2002 		David Charles James
personal data
SURNAME Smith, David
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Smith, David James (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British theologian; Bishop of Bradford
DATE OF BIRTH July 14, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Hertfordshire