New Bishop of Sherborne to be consecrated and welcomed - Media Release 19B/06/09
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New Bishop of Sherborne to be consecrated and welcomed Dr Graham Kings, formerly Vicar of St Mary’s Islington in the Diocese of London, is to be consecrated as Bishop of Sherborne by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr Rowan Williams, in Westminster Abbey on Wednesday 24 June at 11am. As Bishop of Sherborne Dr Kings, 55, will serve as an Area Bishop in the Diocese of Salisbury assisting the Bishop of Salisbury, Dr David Stancliffe. Bishop Stancliffe will present Dr Kings to the Archbishop of Canterbury to be ordained bishop in the presence of 50 supporting bishops, 80 clergy and over 400 guests, family and friends. Among the supporting clergy will be two bishops from the Diocese of Salisbury’s overseas link partners: Bishop Ezekiel Kondo of Khartoum in the Sudan, and Bishop Pavils Bruvers of Liepeja in Latvia. Their presence demonstrates the close friendship and co-operation between Salisbury, Sudan and Latvia, in which Dr Kings will play a leading role. Following his consecration, Bishop Graham will assist Dr Stancliffe in the ordination of 21 new priests in Salisbury Cathedral on Saturday 27 June at 11am. He will be officially welcomed into the Diocese of Salisbury at a special celebration service in Wimborne Minster on Sunday 5 July at 3pm. Civic, HM Forces, emergency services and community leaders will each welcome him and his wife, Ali. Dr Kings said today: “I sense a profound call from God to the Diocese of Salisbury and specifically Dorset. I hope to share in the inspiration of mission in the urban and rural parishes and support clergy and lay leaders. I look forward also to learning from the Church in Latvia and the Sudan,” The Bishop of Salisbury added, ‘I am looking forward tremendously to the consecration service and to sharing ministry in the Diocese with Bishop Graham. He has proved himself an outstanding theologian, missioner and priest over many years in England and Africa. He has a passion for sharing the good news of Jesus Christ with others, and I know he will be good news for Dorset and the whole Diocese.’ Ends The Bishop of Salisbury’s Press Officer is the Revd Jonathan Ball Telephone: 01722 334031 senior.chaplain@salisbury.anglican.org Notes for Editors: Introducing the new Bishop of Sherborne: Dr Kings studied theology at Hertford College, Oxford. After marrying Alison, he undertook further studies at Selwyn College, Cambridge and ordination training at Ridley Hall, Cambridge. After ordination he served as a curate in Harlesden, London for four years and then in 1985, moved to Kenya as a Church Mission Society (CMS) mission partner, he taught theology at St Andrew’s College, Kabare in the foothills of Mount Kenya. In 1992 he returned to Cambridge to become the first Henry Martyn Lecturer in Mission Studies in the Cambridge Theological Federation, founding Director of the Henry Martyn Centre for the study of mission and world Christianity and affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Divinity of the University. During his time in Cambridge he studied for a PhD from the University of Utrecht in the Netherlands. Dr Kings became vicar of St Mary’s Islington in 2000 and quickly made his mark as a forward thinking, innovative teacher and pastor. In 2003, Fulcrum, an interactive, online theological journal, was founded in Islington with the aim of renewing the evangelical centre of the Church of England, with Dr Kings as its theological secretary. He also served with the Bishop of Salisbury on the Liturgical Commission and the Mission Theological Advisory Group of the Church of England and the Anglican Communion Network for Inter-Faith Concerns. Introducing the Kings Family: Graham’s wife, Alison is a psychotherapist, and Hon Sec of the Guild of Psychotherapists in London. Ros Kings, 27, is a doctor and is working for 2 years in an HIV/AIDS clinic in Cape Town – she returns to work in a hospital in England in June. Miriam Kings, 24, is an artist and works in administration at the Royal Brompton Hospital, London. Katie Kings, 22, is a student of Social Anthropology at the School of Oriental and Africa Studies, University of London. WEBSITE PROFILE: Background “clicks” Here is a selection of web links which will inform you about the new Bishop of Sherborne, Dr Graham Kings. Present and Previous posts http://www.stmaryislington.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=27 http://www.stmaryislington.co.uk/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=13&Itemid=27 http://www.martynmission.cam.ac.uk/CHMCHistory.html Books http://nifcon.anglicancommunion.org/resources/books/titles/Christianity_connected.cfm http://www.grovebooks.co.uk/cart.php?target=product&product_id=16606&substring=offering+from+kenya http://www.signsandseasons.co.uk/signsandseasons.asp You Tube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYbC_MGt2Po http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1wd05n-uHF8 Fulcrum http://www.fulcrumanglican.org.uk/pageinfo.cfm?author=Graham%20Kings http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?ID=296 http://fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?ID=12 Guardian |
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