Keith Sutton (bishop)

Anglican
Anglican
Spouse	Jean Sutton (deceased)
Children	4
Alma mater	Jesus College, Cambridge

Keith Norman Sutton (23 June 1934^[1] – 24 March 2017^[2]) was the 97th Bishop of Lichfield from 1984 to 2003.^[3]^[4]

Early life and education

Sutton grew up in Balham, London. He attended Battersea Grammar School and won a scholarship to Cambridge to read English but changed to theology. He graduated from Jesus College, Cambridge, in 1959. He was a keen runner (national schoolboy sprint champion) and was a Cambridge Blue at tennis. Before attending Cambridge University he did his national service with the British Army where he was commissioned into the Sixth Armoured Division and spent time primarily in Germany.

Ministry

Sutton was ordained at Exeter Cathedral and served as a curate in Plymouth. In July 1985, he was sent by the Archbishop of Canterbury as a special envoy to support Archbishop Desmond Tutu who was facing threats of action by the South African government.^[5]^[6] He was the

Ridley Hall from 1973 to 1978.^[3] Prior to his time at Ridley Hall he taught at Bishop Tucker Theological College in Mukono, Uganda, from 1968 to 1973 (now part of Uganda Christian University). He was chaplain of St John's College, Cambridge

, from 1962 to 1967. In 1989 he became a member of the General Synod Standing Committee and became president of The Queens College in Birmingham and governor of St John's College, Durham. He wrote a Lent book, The People of God (1983).

Sutton retired to Cornwall and served as an honorary assistant bishop in the dioceses of Truro and Exeter.^[7]

Marriage and family

Sutton was married to Jean Sutton (née Geldard), deceased September 2000. They had three sons (Mark, Paul and Andrew) and one daughter (Jacqui).

References

^ Some online sources suggest 1935 as the correct year.
^ Bate, Pete (24 March 2017). "Former Bishop of Lichfield dies". Diocese of Lichfield - News. Retrieved 25 March 2017.
^ ^a ^b "Sutton, Rt Rev. Keith Norman". Who's Who 2011. Oxford University Press. October 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
^ "Bishop of Lichfield to retire". Lichfield Diocese. 2 October 2002. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2010.
^ Runcie envoy arrives to back Tutu. Glasgow Herald, 22 March 1988
^ Bishop of Lichfield. ITN Source, 21 July 1985
^ "Bishop of Lichfield retires". Lichfield Diocese. 20 April 2003. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012. ^{[dead link]}

External links

Interview at The Free Library

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[1] Some online sources suggest 1935 as the correct year.

[lich_Dioc-2] Bate, Pete (24 March 2017). "Former Bishop of Lichfield dies". Diocese of Lichfield - News. Retrieved 25 March 2017.

[Who2011-3] "Sutton, Rt Rev. Keith Norman". Who's Who 2011. Oxford University Press. October 2010. Retrieved 18 December 2010.

[4] "Bishop of Lichfield to retire". Lichfield Diocese. 2 October 2002. Archived from the original on 28 September 2011. Retrieved 18 December 2010.

[5] Runcie envoy arrives to back Tutu. Glasgow Herald, 22 March 1988

[6] Bishop of Lichfield. ITN Source, 21 July 1985

[7] "Bishop of Lichfield retires". Lichfield Diocese. 20 April 2003. Archived from the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012. ^{[dead link]}

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v t e Bishops of Kingston
Cecil Hook Samuel Taylor Percy Herbert Frederick Hawkes William Gilpin Hugh Montefiore Keith Sutton Peter Selby (became first area bishop)
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Coventry	Robert de Limesey, Bishop of Chester Robert de Limesey (previously Bishop of Chester) Robert Peche Roger de Clinton Walter Durdent Richard Peche Gerard la Pucelle Hugh Nonant Geoffrey de Muschamp William de Cornhill Alexander de Stavenby
Coventry & Lichfield	Alexander de Stavenby Hugh de Pateshull Roger Weseham Roger de Meyland Walter Langton Roger Northburgh Robert de Stretton Walter Skirlaw Richard le Scrope John Burghill John Catterick James Cary William Heyworth William Booth Nicholas Close Reginald Boulers John Hales William Smyth John Arundel Geoffrey Blythe Rowland Lee
Lichfield & Coventry	Rowland Lee Richard Sampson Ralph Baines Thomas Bentham William Overton George Abbot Richard Neile John Overall Thomas Morton Robert Wright Accepted Frewen Episcopacy abolished (Commonwealth) Accepted Frewen John Hacket Thomas Wood William Lloyd John Hough Edward Chandler Richard Smalbroke Frederick Cornwallis John Egerton Brownlow North Richard Hurd James Cornwallis Henry Ryder Samuel Butler
Lichfield	Samuel Butler James Bowstead John Lonsdale George Selwyn William Maclagan Augustus Legge John Kempthorne Edward Woods Stretton Reeve Kenneth Skelton Keith Sutton Jonathan Gledhill Clive Gregory (acting) Michael Ipgrave