John Stapylton Habgood

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John Stapylton Habgood, Baron Habgood (1981)

John Stapylton Habgood, Baron Habgood PC (born June 23, 1927 in Stony Stratford - † March 7, 2019 ) was a British Anglican clergyman . He was Bishop of Durham from 1973 to 1983 and Archbishop of York from 1983 to 1995 . As a life peer he was a member of the House of Lords .

Life

Habgood attended Eton College from 1941 to 1945 and then King's College at the University of Cambridge , where he studied physics , chemistry , mathematics and physiology . He graduated in 1952 with a Ph.D. and received a Research Fellowship at King's College until 1955.

He had already become a member of the Christian Union in Cambridge in 1947 and supported new students in this role. Doubts about the unsafe situation at the time and the career path he had striven for led to his decision in 1953 to begin training as an Anglican clergyman at Ripon Theological College in Cuddesdon near Oxford . From 1950 to 1953 he led training seminars in pharmacology at the University of Cambridge . From 1952 to 1955 he was a fellow of King's College.

From 1954 to 1956 he was vicar (curate) at St. Mary Abbots Church in Kensington . He was ordained a priest in 1955 and returned to Cambridge in 1956 to teach theology at Westcott House as assistant director. There he belonged to a group of Anglican theologians who were responsible for the publication of Soundings , an authoritative work in which critical opinions on the interpretation of the Bible at the time were published. From 1962 to 1967 Habgood was pastor (rector) at St John's Church in Jedburgh.

In 1967 he was offered the direction of the greatly expanded Queen's College theological college at Edgbaston near Birmingham , which was already fully established but still had very few students. After merging with the Handsworth Methodist College (1970), Queen's College became the first and so far only ecumenical theological college in the United Kingdom. Habgood also lectured on ethics at the University of Birmingham with John Hick . From 1971 to 1973 he was an Honorary Canon at Birmingham Cathedral .

In 1973 he was appointed Bishop of Durham and became a member of the House of Lords. Linked to this was a strong involvement in the work of the British Council of Churches and later in that of the World Council of Churches , in which he took over the mediation between the church and the social branch. In 1983 he was named Archbishop of York and became Privy Counselor . In addition to many other activities, he took over the chairmanship of the committee that prompted both the Roman Catholic Church and the Pentecostal congregations to participate in the ecumenical movement of Great Britain. At the time, the Church of England and the Margaret Thatcher government differed greatly , but he was instrumental in the passage of the Human Fertilization and Embryology Act . He was also traded as a possible successor to Robert Runcie .

From 1983 to 1991 he was a member of the central committee of the World Council of Churches and from 1983 to 1990 moderator of the “Church and Society” sub-unit . He wrote several books on science and religion. Habgood was a member and temporarily president of the Science and Religion Forum .

Membership in the House of Lords

He served as bishop in the House of Lords from April 30, 1973 to September 8, 1995 . When he resigned , he was promoted to Life Peer on September 8, 1995 as Baron Habgood , of Calverton in the County of Buckinghamshire, and was given the seat of Parliament for life.

He indicated science, medicine and ethics as his political interests. He named South Africa as a state of interest . For three years he chaired the government commission on xenotransplantation .

On May 12, 2006, he last spoke up. He took part in a vote on March 14, 2007 for the last time. Since May 25, 2010, he was on permanent leave due to a leave of absence granted by the House of Lords .

On October 3, 2011, Habgood took advantage of a newly created Voluntary Retirement Scheme in Parliament's Rules of Procedure ; thereafter, members of the House of Lords will for the first time be allowed to permanently waive their mandate.

Honors

Habgood was educated by the Universities of Cambridge (1984), Oxford (1996), Durham (1975), Aberdeen (1988), London (2005), Hull (1991), York (1996, PA), Manchester (1996) and the Huron ( 1990) was awarded an honorary doctorate.

In 1986 he became an Honorary Fellow of King's College. In 2000 he became Honorary Bencher with the Inner Temple Bar Association .

family

In 1961 he married Rosalie Boston, a musician and music teacher. In 1962, the couple moved into the community Jedburgh to Scotland , where three of their four children were born.

Publications

Web links

Commons : John Stapylton Habgood  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Megan White: Former Archbishop of York John Habgood dies aged 91. In: London Evening Standard . March 7, 2019, accessed March 8, 2019 .
  2. ^ New bishop consecrated in: The Times (London, England); May 2, 1973 edition; P. 20; Edition 58771
  3. ^ University News. The Times (London, England) March 19, 1952; P. 6; Issue 52264
  4. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 1975-76 London: Oxford University Press, 1976 ISBN 0-19-200008-X
  5. Habgood. In: Who's Who 2012. A&C Black, 2012; online edn, Oxford University Press, December 2011; Online edition, November 2011
  6. ^ Longley, Clifford (March 31, 1990). Habgood by a head in: The Times . P. 10
  7. ^ Court Circular. The Times (London, England); December 22, 1983; P. 12; Edition 61719
  8. ^ Longley, Clifford (May 4, 1990). Habgood's miter in the Canterbury ring . The Times . P. 1
  9. ^ Four left in Runcie race . in: The Sunday Times ; Issued May 6, 1990
  10. ^ Bishops to help select archbishop ; The Times ; Edition of June 23, 1990. p. 3.
  11. A Skeptic for Canterbury , The Times ; Edition of July 10, 1990, p. 15
  12. ^ Carey appointment welcomed by Runcie ; The Times ; Edition of July 26, 1990. p. 2
  13. Reviews in Science and Religion (Num. 49, May 2007, page 7)
  14. Members of the House of Lords granted leave of absence FAQs ( Memento of February 2, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) List of members on leave on the House of Lords website , accessed on May 12, 2013
  15. APPENDIX 1: PROPOSED TEXT FOR THE COMPANION TO THE STANDING ORDERS Extract from the Rules of Procedure on the House of Lords website , accessed on October 7, 2011
  16. Two peers 'retire' from Lords  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Littlehampton Gazette article , October 4, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.littlehamptongazette.co.uk  
predecessor Office successor
Ian Ramsay Bishop of Durham
1973–1983
David Edward Jenkins
Stuart Yarworth Blanch Archbishop of York
1983–1995
David Hope