Nick Holtam

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Nick Holtam (2011)

Nicholas Roderick "Nick" Holtam (born August 8, 1954 in London ) is the incumbent Bishop of Salisbury of the Church of England since 2011 . He has been a member of the House of Lords since December 2014 .

Life

Holtam grew up in Edmonton, London, and studied geography at Durham University . After his first degree, he studied theology at King's College London and at a seminar of the University of Cambridge . He was ordained a deacon in 1979 and a priest in 1980 , after which he took on various positions as curate , tutor and vicar in the greater London area . From 1995 to 2011 Holtam was vicar of the Church of St. Martin-in-the-Fields . In 2005 he received an honorary doctorate from Durham University and was made a Fellow of King's College London.

On April 12, 2011, the approval of his nomination as Bishop of Salisbury by the British royal family was announced, after which he received the episcopal ordination of the Archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams on July 22, 2011 in St Paul's Cathedral and on October 15, 2011 in Salisbury was installed as bishop.

In February 2012, Holtam became the first Bishop of the Church of England to publicly support same-sex marriage . In June 2013, he responded to a question from Waheed Alli in this regard , pointing to the diversity of views within the Church of England on the matter.

On December 8, 2014, Holtam became a member of the House of Lords as a Spiritual Lord in his capacity as Bishop of Salisbury. He replaces the Bishop of Newcastle Martin Wharton . On February 9, 2015, with the assistance of John Inge , Bishop of Worcester , and Christopher Foster , Bishop of Portsmouth , he was officially established, swept his oath of office and took his seat in the House of Lords.

Holtam is born with Helen Harris, a math teacher, married. The couple has four grown children.

title

  • 1954-1979: Nick Holtam Esq
  • 1979-2011: The Revd Nick Holtam
  • since 2011: The Rt Revd Nick Holtam

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Times, February 3, 2012
  2. ^ The Daily Telegraph: Letter from the Bishop of Salisbury to Lord Alli of Norbury
  3. ↑ Introduction: The Lord Bishop of Salisbury Minutes of the House of Lords meeting of February 9, 2015
  4. ^ Bishop of Salisbury takes House of Lords seat in: Salisbury Journal, February 11, 2015. Retrieved February 12, 2015
  5. ↑ Diocese of Salisbury on Number10.gov (WebArchive)
predecessor Office successor
David Stancliffe Bishop of Salisbury
since 2011 		-
personal data
SURNAME Holtam, Nick
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Holtam, Nicholas Roderick
BRIEF DESCRIPTION English Anglican clergyman, Bishop of Salisbury, member of the House of Lords
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH London