Philip Goodrich

Philip Harold Ernest Goodrich ( November 2, 1929 - January 22, 2001 ) was a British Anglican theologian and Bishop of Worcester .

Philip Goodrich attended the Stamford School in Stamford . After completing his military service, he studied at St John's College at Cambridge University . He received his training as a priest at Ripon College Cuddesdon in Cuddesdon . From 1954 to 1957 he was a priest in rugby and then returns to Cambridge as a clergyman at St John's College. In 1961 he took a priesthood in South Ormsby in Lincolnshire , from there he moved in 1968 to a position in Bromley .

In 1974 he was called to serve as the suffragan bishop of Tonbridge . In 1982 he was named Bishop of Worcester; In this capacity he became a member of the House of Lords in 1987 , which he left when he retired in 1996.

Goodrich became known beyond the Church when he and 40 other bishops admitted to a book in 1992 in which the trade and the wearing of fur was branded as cruel and rejected. When he pointed out that bishops wore robes with fur collars at the opening of parliament , he remarked what a " humbug " he was, that one could not take absolute positions in life. Also in 1992, he accused television stars of undermining the traditional family values ​​he advocated for. He opposed the adoption of children by homosexual couples.

Philip Goodrich had been married since 1960 and the couple had four daughters.

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• The Right Reverend Philip Goodrich in: Daily Telegraph January 29, 2001, accessed September 1, 2013.

Other publications

• Faith and Reason: A home for love in all its forms: The Bishop of Worcester, the Right Rev Philip Goodrich, argues that in the Year of the Family there has been too little discussion of the role and benefits of the married family Article by Philip Goodrich in: The Independent , September 24, 2004, accessed September 1, 2013.

• Philip Goodrich at Hansard (English)

predecessor	Office	successor
Robin Woods	Bishop of Worcester 1982–1997	Peter Selby