Robert Ladds

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Superior general of The Society of Mary (Anglican)
Orders
Ordination1980 (deacon)
1981 (priest)
Consecration29 September 1999[1]
by David Hope
Personal details
Born (1941-11-15) 15 November 1941 (age 82)
DenominationAnglican
ParentsSidney and Joan Cant
Spouse
Roberta Sparkes
​
(m. 1964)​
Children3 sons
ProfessionBishop (former chemist and schoolmaster)
Alma materChrist Church College Canterbury

Robert Sidney Ladds

Anglican bishop. From 1999 to 2008, he served as the Bishop of Whitby, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of York.[2]

Early life and education

Ladds was born on 15 November 1941.

Christ Church College, Canterbury to train as a teacher.[4] He completed a Certificate in Education (CertEd) in 1970 and a Bachelor of Education (BEd Hons) degree in 1971: these qualifications were validated by the University of London.[3] He was awarded the Licentiate of the Royal Society of Chemistry (LRSC) in 1972.[5] He was a chemistry teacher at Borden Grammar School, an all-boys school in Sittingbourne, before being ordained.[4]

Ordained ministry

Having trained on a part-time basis with the

honorary canon of Blackburn Cathedral in 1993.[3] He then served as Archdeacon of Lancaster from 1997 to 1999.[5]

Episcopal ministry

Ladds was

consecrated a bishop on 29 September 1999 during a service at York Minster.[5][8] He served as Bishop of Whitby, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of York from 1999 to 2008.[5]

Ladds retired from full-time ministry in 2009 at the age of 68.

honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of London since 2009.[5] He was house-for-duty priest of St Mary and Christ Church, Hendon from 2009 to 2015.[3] He was then an honorary curate of St Peter's, London Docks from 2015 to 2021.[3]

He has been the current

Superior-General of the Society of Mary since 2000.[3][9]

Views

Ladds rejects the ordination of women as priests and bishops.[8] He is a retired bishop of The Society, a traditional Anglo-Catholic association of Church of England.[10]

References

  1. ^ Morning Calm, Newsheet of the Korean Mission Partnership โ€“ No. 24, January 2000 p. 2 (Accessed 26 April 2014)
  2. Crockfords Online
    โ€“ accessed 21 March 2008
  3. ^
    Who's Who 2022
    . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2021. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  4. ^ a b 'LADDS, Rt Rev. Robert Sidney', Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [1], accessed 8 July 2012
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Robert Sidney Ladds". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  6. ^ Burke's Peerage Online
  7. ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
  8. ^ a b "New Archdeacon against the ordination of women". York Press. 18 May 1999. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
  9. ^ "Officers of the Society of Mary". Society of Mary. Retrieved 5 July 2015.
  10. ^ "The Society - Retired Bishops". www.sswsh.com. Forward in Faith. Retrieved 14 February 2022.
Church of England titles
Preceded by Bishop of Whitby
1999โ€“2008 		Succeeded by
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