The Right Reverend Colin James |
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Bishop of Winchester | |
Diocese | Diocese of Winchester |
In office | June 1985–April 1995 |
Predecessor | John Taylor |
Successor | Michael Scott-Joynt |
Other posts |
Bishop of Basingstoke (1973–1976/77) Bishop of Wakefield (1976/77–1985) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1952 (deacon); 1953 (priest) |
Consecration | 1973 |
Personal details | |
Born |
Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, United Kingdom |
20 September 1926
Died | 10 December 2009 Winchester, Hampshire, UK |
(aged 83)
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Charles and Gwenyth |
Spouse | Sally Henshaw (married 1962, died 2001) |
Children | 1 son, 2 daughters |
Profession | Television producer |
Education | Aldenham School |
Alma mater |
King's College, Cambridge Cuddesdon College |
Colin Clement Walter James (20 September 1926–10 December 2009) was an Anglican bishop in the Church of England, successively Suffragan Bishop of Basingstoke, then the Bishop of Winchester.
James was educated at Aldenham School and King's College, Cambridge before his ordained ministry which began with a curacy at Stepney, after which he was a chaplain of Stowe School. He was ordained a deacon at Trinitytide 1952 and priest a year later, both by William Wand, Bishop of London, at St Paul's Cathedral.
Following his title, he was a producer of religious programmes for the BBC and then (his final appointment before being ordained to the episcopate) vicar of St Peter's Bournemouth. James was the first suffragan Bishop of Basingstoke in the Diocese of Winchester, beginning with his consecration as a bishop on 2 February 1973 at St Paul's Cathedral by Michael Ramsey, Archbishop of Canterbury. He held his suffragan bishopric with a residentiary canonry of Winchester Cathedral.