Andrew Burnham (clergyman)
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The Reverend Monsignor Andrew Burnham |
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| priest, Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham | |
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| Church | Roman Catholic Church |
| Other posts | Bishop of Ebbsfleet (C of E; 2000–2010) |
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| Ordination | 13 January 2011 (Catholic Church) |
| Consecration | 30 November 2000(C of E) |
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19 March 1948 Worksop, Nottinghamshire, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic (formerly Anglican) |
| Spouse | Cathy |
| Children | 2 |
| Profession | Priest, former teacher |
| Alma mater | New College, Oxford |
Andrew Burnham (born 19 March 1948) is an English priest of the Roman Catholic Church. Burnham was formerly a bishop of the Church of England and served as the third Bishop of Ebbsfleet, a provincial episcopal visitor in the Province of Canterbury from 2000 to 2010. He resigned in order to be received into the Roman Catholic Church. He was ordained as a Roman Catholic priest for the Personal Ordinariate of Our Lady of Walsingham on 15 January 2011.
Burnham was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire and studied music at New College, Oxford. He later studied theology at New College before going on to do a Certificate of Education at Westminster College, Oxford. Following this he became Head of Music at Bilborough Grammar School in Nottingham.
Burnham trained for ordination at St Stephen's House, Oxford, although following ordination he had issues with committing to the priesthood and leaving music, a great passion of his which formed a major part of his life. He was chorus master of the Nottingham Harmonic Society from 1973 to 1985. The Bishop of Southwell therefore suggested that he became a non-stipendiary priest. However, his wife eventually persuaded him to devote himself to full-time ministry.
From 1983 to 1985, Burnham was honorary curate in Clifton in the Diocese of Southwell as a non-stipendiary priest. In 1985 he became curate at St. John the Baptist Church, Beeston, in the same diocese from 1985 until 1987. He then became vicar of the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Carrington, leaving in 1994 following his appointment as Vice-Principal of St Stephen's House, Oxford, a position he began in 1995.
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