John Hubert Richard Lewis known as Richard Lewis (born 1943) is a BritishAnglican clergy and current Bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich. Year 1943 (MCMXLIII) was a common year starting on Friday (the link is to a full 1943 calendar). ... The term Anglican describes those people and churches following the religious traditions of the Church of England, especially following the Reformation. ... The Bishop of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Saint Edmundsbury and Ipswich in the Province of Canterbury. ...
Ordained as deacon in 1967 and as priest one year later, Lewis was curate of Hexham, Newcastle from 1967 to 1970. He was Industrial Chaplain from 1970 to 1977 and Communications Officer in Durham from 1977 to 1982. Between 1982 and 1987, he was Chaplain for Agriculture in Hereford, and between 1987 and 1992 Archdeacon of Ludlow. Lewis was consecrated as Suffragan Bishop of Taunton in 1992, and held this post untim 1997, when he was appointed 9th Bishop of Edmundsbury and Ipswich. See also Hexham, New South Wales, and Hexham (constituency). ... This article is about a city in the United Kingdom. ... Statistics Population: 42,939 (2001) Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: NZ274424 Administration District: City of Durham Shire county: Durham Region: North East England Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Durham Historic county: Durham Services Police force: County Durham Ambulance service: North East Post office and telephone... Statistics Population: 50,154 Ordnance Survey OS grid reference: SO515405 Administration District: Herefordshire Region: West Midlands Constituent country: England Sovereign state: United Kingdom Other Ceremonial county: Herefordshire Historic county: Herefordshire Services Police force: West Mercia Fire and rescue: {{{Fire}}} Ambulance: West Midlands Post office and telephone Post town: HEREFORD Postal...
A bishop has startled his flock by insisting the Christmas message should include secret police, the massacre of children by troops and contemplation of the baby Jesus as a refugee and asylum seeker.
The Right Rev RichardLewis, Anglican bishop of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich, drew disconcerting parallels in a local radio message with the conflict in Afghanistan in parts of the Christmas story which usually get little publicity, such as the massacre of the innocents.
The bishop's diocese includes several military camps, including the US airbase at Lakenheath.
The Rt Rev RichardLewis, Bishop of Edmundsbury and Ipswich, said he was happy for priests in his diocese to remarry divorcees.
The diocese's Bishop's Council voted in favour of the principle that there were circumstances when divorcees could remarry in a church.
BishopLewis has also led a working party into the rising number of marriages that take place outside churches and ways of winning couples back to the church.
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