Malcolm Macnaughton (bishop)
Malcolm Macnaughton | |
|---|---|
| Bishop of Repton | |
.jpg) Macnaughton in 2020 | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Derby |
| In office | 2021 to present |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1981 (deacon) 1982 (priest) |
| Consecration | 14 April 2021 by Sarah Mullally |
| Personal details | |
| Born | William Malcolm Macnaughton 1957 (age 66–67) |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
William Malcolm Macnaughton (born 1957) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2021, he has been Bishop of Repton, the suffragan bishop of the Church of England's Diocese of Derby
Ordained ministry[edit]
Macnaughton was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1981 and as a priest in 1982.[1] He served his curacy at St Andrew's Church, Haughton-le-Skerne in the Diocese of Durham from 1981 to 1985.[1] He then spent five years as priest-in-charge of All Saints Church, Newton Hall in the same diocese: this church is an Anglican-Methodist local ecumenical partnership.[2] In 1990, he moved to the Diocese of London, where he became team vicar of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch and St. John the Baptist, Hoxton.[3] He was additionally area dean of Hackney from 1994 to 1999.[1] After a parish reorganisation, he was vicar of St. John the Baptist, Hoxton from 2000 to 2002.[1]
In 2002, Macnaughton moved to the Diocese of Oxford to become Team Rector of the Hambleden Valley Group, a multi-church benefice.[3] He additionally became area dean of Wycombe in 2005. Then, from 2007 until his appointment as a bishop, he served as Chief of Staff to the Archbishop of York: first to John Sentamu then to Stephen Cottrell.[1][2][3][4][5] He was made a canon and prebendary of York Minster in 2016.[1]
Episcopal ministry[edit]
In October 2020, it was announced that Macnaughton would be the next Bishop of Repton, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Derby.[3] He was scheduled to legally take the See of Repton, and be consecrated a bishop the Archbishop of Canterbury, Justin Welby, on 28 January 2021:[6] however, this was postponed due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. He was instead consecrated a bishop on 14 April 2021, by Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London, during a service at Lambeth Palace.[7][8]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d e f "William Malcolm Macnaughton". Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ a b "Malcolm Macnaughton to be the new Suffragan Bishop of Repton". The Archbishop of York. 29 October 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ a b c d King, Dave (29 October 2020). "Malcolm Macnaughton named as next Bishop of Repton". Diocese of Derby. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Suffragan Bishop of Repton: Reverend Canon William Malcolm Macnaughton". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 30 October 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "UK news in brief: Next Bishop of Repton announced". Church Times. 6 November 2020. Retrieved 16 February 2021.
- ^ "Our Diocese Together - January 2021". Issuu. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ King, Dave. "Bishop Malcolm installed at Derby Cathedral". derby.anglican.org. Retrieved 4 July 2021.
- ^ "This week's pewsheet".