John Richard Packer

John Richard Packer (born October 10, 1946 in Blackburn , Lancashire ) is a British Anglican clergyman and was Bishop of Ripon and Leeds from 2000 to 2014 .

Life

Packer attended Keble College at the University of Oxford and made a Bachelor of Arts there in 1967 . To prepare for the priesthood, he attended the Theological College Ripon Hall in Oxford from 1967 . In 1970 Packer was ordained a deacon and in 1971 a priest . From 1970 to 1973 he was assistant vicar at Saint Helier and St Peter's in Morden in the Diocese of Southwark . From 1973 to 1977 he was a chaplain at St. Nicholas Church in Abingdon . From 1973 to 1975 he was Lecturer and Director of Pastoral Studies at Ripon Hall College , Oxford, responsible for the formation of priests in the diocese.

From 1977 to 1986 he was vicar in Wath-upon-Dearne and was also responsible for the parish in Adwick-upon-Dearne . From 1983 to 1986 he was also dean of Wath-upon-Dearne. Packer became Dean ( Team Rector ) of the Sheffield Manor Team Ministry in the Diocese of Sheffield in 1986 . At the same time he was also country dean in Attercliffe from 1990 to 1991 .

From 1991 to 1996 he was the archdeacon (head of a church district) of West Cumberland . At the same time he was from 1995 to 1996 as a parish administrator ( priest-in-charge ) responsible for the parish in Bridekirk . From 1996 to 2000 he was auxiliary bishop of Warrington .

From 2000 to 2014 Packer was Bishop of Ripon and Leeds .

From 1985 to 1991, from 1992 to 1996 and since 2000, Packer was a member of the General Synod of the Anglican Church .

He has been married to Barbara Priscilla Jack since 1971. They have a daughter and two sons.

Membership in the House of Lords

Packer has been a member of the House of Lords since October 23, 2006 . He gave his inaugural speech on December 14, 2006. His political interests include social and ethical issues, education , asylum policy and the fight against racism . Packer lists Sri Lanka as a country of special interest . In early 2014, with the end of his tenure as Bishop of Ripon and Leeds, he also resigned from the House of Lords.

Working in public

In 2009, Packer was one of the supporters of the Living Ghost Statement , a campaign by the Church Action against Poverty movement to combat destitution and homelessness among asylum seekers .

In 2005, Packer asked the UK Home Office to conduct a public inquiry into an asylum seeker from Angola who committed suicide while in detention. It was previously criticized that despite several inquiries, the authority had not responded to the asylum application for ten months and had the asylum seeker and his 13-year-old son arrested without prior notice.

In June 2003, Packer was one of the Bishops of the Church of England who expressly supported the nomination and solidarity of Jeffrey John , an openly gay priest in a committed relationship, as Auxiliary Bishop of Reading by the Archbishop of Canterbury , Rowan Williams manifested with the decision of Williams. Packer said that John's calling would enable the community of bishops to hear the experiences of the gay community .

In 2007, in his sermon on Maundy Thursday , Packer drew parallels between the suffering of Jesus Christ and the uncertainties that priests are exposed to on their behalf to preach the word of God. Packer took up the current case of the murder of the priest Paul Bennett and emphasized the dangers for priests, to which they are constantly exposed emotionally and physically because of their pastoral work.

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

In January 2009 he spoke about the separation of church and state . Packer supported the view of Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and said that the Church of England would be able to live well with the model of a separation of church and state. It had previously been speculated that the Labor Party was pushing for this step.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Vita John Packer ( Memento of the original from November 4, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Debretts, accessed December 13, 2009  
2. ^ Rt Revd John Packer. In: churchofengland.org. Accessed June 16, 2016 . 
3. ^ John Richard Packer on the theyworkforyou homepage
4. ^ Biography of John Richard Packer on the House of Lords homepage , accessed December 13, 2009
5. ^ List of church leaders support Living Ghosts statement. In: church-poverty.org.uk. Archived from the original on September 6, 2010 ; accessed on June 16, 2016 . 
6. ^ Bishop urges inquiry into detention center death The Guardian, September 20, 2005
7. ↑ Letter of Support right. Jeffrey John (PDF; 55 kB) Homepage www.churchsociety.org, accessed December 12, 2009
8. ^ Leading Conservative and Liberal bishops The Telegraph, June 21, 2008
9. ↑ Risk-taking is 'part of the job', Bishop tells clergy after recent killing.Retrieved December 13, 2009
10. ↑ Churches 'Network for Non-violence (CNNV) (PDF; 21 kB) Anglican Bishops' Statement in support of Equal Protection for Children from October 7, 2008
11. ^ Bishop John Packer says Church 'could survive split with state'. Retrieved December 13, 2009