Graham Cray | |
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Archbishops' Missioner and Team Leader of Fresh Expressions | |
Church | Church of England |
In office | 2009–present |
Other posts |
Honorary assistant bishop in Canterbury and in York (2009–present); and in Rochester (2011–present) Bishop of Maidstone (2001–2009) Principal, Ridley Hall (1992–2001) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1971 (deacon); 1972 (priest) |
Consecration | 2001 |
Personal details | |
Born | 21 April 1947 |
Denomination | Anglican |
Parents | Alan & Doris |
Spouse | Jacqueline Webster (m. 1973) |
Children | Two daughters |
Alma mater | University of Leeds |
Graham Alan Cray (born 21 April 1947) is the Archbishops' Missioner and Team Leader of Fresh Expressions.
Cray was educated (gaining a Bachelor of Arts {BA Hons}), at Leeds University and St John's College, Nottingham, before beginning his ministry as a curate at St Mark's Church, Gillingham. Cray later spent 14 years at St Michael-le-Belfry in York (at first working with, and later succeeding, David Watson before becoming Principal of Ridley Hall theological college in Cambridge and later the Bishop of Maidstone in 2001. In 2009 he was appointed to lead the Archbishops' (of Canterbury and of York) Fresh Expressions team. He is the Chairman of Soul Survivor.