Simon Barrington-Ward

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Simon Barrington-Ward
honorary assistant bishop in Ely
1997–2020
Orders
Consecration1985
Personal details
Born(1930-05-27)27 May 1930[1]
Died11 April 2020(2020-04-11) (aged 89)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ParentsRobert Barrington-Ward & Margaret Adele Barrington-Ward
SpouseJean Caverhill Taylor (m. 1963)
ProfessionRAF officer; theologian
Alma materMagdalene College, Cambridge

Simon Barrington-Ward

KCMG (27 May 1930 – 11 April 2020) was a bishop in the Church of England
.

Barrington-Ward was the son of

Assistant Bishop of Ely, at Ely Cathedral[4]
and ordained priest the following year.

He was the General Secretary of the

Church Missionary Society (CMS) from 1975 to 1985.[1] From 1985 to 1997, he served as the seventh Bishop of Coventry.[5] He was consecrated a bishop by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, on All Saints' Day 1985 (1 November) at Westminster Abbey.[6]

Barrington-Ward was later a bishop with pastoral care at the

Ridley Hall
, Cambridge.

Barrington-Ward served as a Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords from 1991 till his retirement in 1997.[8]

In the New Year Honours 2001, he was appointed a

Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George (KCMG), having served as the Prelate of that Order
. Following the custom for clergy in the Church of England, he did not use the title of "Sir".

He died from COVID-19 in April 2020, at the age of 89.[9][10]

References

  1. ^ a b "Barrington-Ward, Rt Rev. Simon". Who's Who. 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  2. ISBN 0-7136-3514-2
    .
  3. ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
    .
  4. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 12 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  5. ISBN 1-870520-09-2
    .
  6. ISSN 0009-658X
    . Retrieved 12 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ^ "Fellows of the Colleges: Magdalene". Cambridge University Reporter. CXXXVII (Special No 3). 5 October 2006.
  8. ^ "Mr Simon Barrington-Ward (Hansard)". api.parliament.uk. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Bishop Simon Barrington-Ward has died". Diocese of Coventry. Retrieved 15 April 2020.
  10. ^ "The Right Reverend Simon Barrington-Ward, well-liked Bishop of Coventry – obituary". The Telegraph. London. 19 May 2020. Retrieved 21 May 2020.
Religious titles
Preceded by Bishop of Coventry
1985–1997 		Succeeded by


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