Nicholas Baines

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Nicholas Baines , called Nick (born November 13, 1957 in Liverpool ) was Bishop of Bradford in the Church of England from 2011 to 2014 and has been Bishop of the newly created Diocese of Leeds since February 2014 . He has also been a member of the House of Lords since 2014 .

Life

Baines attended the Holt Comprehensive School in Liverpool. He studied German and French at the University of Bradford and graduated with a Bachelor with Honors (BA (Hons)). He then worked as a language expert at GCHQ for four years before choosing to serve in the Church and study theology at Trinity College in Bristol. There he obtained a bachelor's degree with honors (BA (Hons)) in theology .

Baines was ordained a deacon in 1987 and a priest in the Church of England in 1988 . His first position was as a curate at St Thomas' Kendal and St Catherine's Crook, Cumbria . He then moved to Leicester , where he was temporarily assistant pastor at Holy Trinity, Leicester, and then Vicar von Rothley (1992-2000). During this time he was also the pastor of a psychiatric institution for adults. In 1995 he became the Rural Dean of Goscote. In 2000 he became Archdeacon of Lambeth in the Diocese of Southwark. He was responsible for the diocese's child and youth work and was a member of the General Synod of the Church of England from 1995 to 2005. In 2003 he was called to be Regional Bishop of Croydon in the Diocese of Southwark. He became the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams in St Paul's Cathedral consecrated bishop on 8 May 2003 in Southwark Cathedral inserted into his office.

In 2011 he was called to succeed David Charles James as Diocesan Bishop of Bradford. In the course of the amalgamation of the Dioceses of Bradford, Ripon and Leeds and Wakefield, Baines was appointed first diocesan bishop of the new Diocese of Leeds (entitled "Bishop of West Yorkshire and the Dales") on February 4, 2014, which comprises the regions of West Yorkshire and the Includes Yorkshire Dales . He took office on Easter Sunday 2014. His election was officially confirmed on June 8, 2014.

Nicholas Baines has been married since 1980. He and his wife have three children.

Baines has a wealth of media experience and can often be heard on BBC Radio 2's Pause for Thought radio show . Two of his books have been translated into German. Bishop Baines is a regular guest at church conventions and in 2013 gave the sermon at the closing service of the German Evangelical Church Convention in 2013 .

In 2014 he received an honorary doctorate from the Theological Faculty of the Friedrich Schiller University Jena .

On December 3, 2014, Baines was inducted into the House of Lords as a spiritual lord in his capacity as former Bishop of Bradford and current Bishop of Leeds . He took the place of the Bishop of Gloucester Michael Francis Perham .

Works

  • Hungry for Hope. 1991, DLT
  • Speed ​​bumps & potholes. 2004 St Andrew Press
German edition: As a side note: everyday encounters with God. Translated from the English by Johanna Ellsworth. With a foreword by Petra Bahr . Hanover: LVH 2007 ISBN 978-3-7859-0969-0
  • Jesus & People Like Us 2004, St Andrew Press
2nd edition as Scandal of Grace 2008
  • Marking Time 2005, St Andrew Press
  • Finding Faith 2008, St Andrew Press
German edition: In the highest tones: Pop songs and faith. Translated from the English by Johanna Ellsworth. With a foreword by Margot Käßmann . Hanover: LVH 2009 ISBN 978-3-7859-0986-7
  • Why Wish You a Merry Christmas. London: Church House Publishing 2009

Web links

Commons : Nicholas Baines  - Collection of Images, Videos and Audio Files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Number 10 - Diocese of Leeds: the Right Reverend Nicholas Baines approved , accessed February 10, 2014
  2. ^ "Hungry for Hope". Excerpt from Church of Scotland bookshop ( Memento from September 5, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  3. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008-9 , London, Church House, 2007 ISBN 978-0-7151-1029-4
  4. ^ Who's Who, 2007 London, AC Black, 2006 ISBN 978-0-7136-7527-6
  5. ↑ Bishop Nick Baines to oversee West Yorkshire and the Dales diocese , report the BBC on 4 February 2014. Retrieved on February 10, 2014
personal data
SURNAME Baines, Nicholas
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Baines, Nick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British clergyman, Bishop of Bradford, Bishop of Leeds, Member of the House of Lords
DATE OF BIRTH November 13, 1957
PLACE OF BIRTH Liverpool