Graham Kings
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The Right Reverend Graham Kings |
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| Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion | |
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| In office | 15 July 2015–present |
| Other posts | Bishop of Sherborne (Diocese of Salisbury, 2009–2015; area bishop until 2009) |
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| Ordination | 1980 |
| Consecration | 24 June 2009 |
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| Born | 10 October 1953 |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Alison |
| Children | 3 adult daughters: Ros, Miriam & Katie |
| Profession | Bishop, lecturer |
| Alma mater | Hertford College, Oxford |
Graham Kings (born 10 October 1953) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 15 July 2015, he has been Mission Theologian in the Anglican Communion. He was previously consecrated as the Anglican Bishop of Sherborne on 24 June 2009 at a service in Westminster Abbey; he had been the final area bishop under the 1981–2009 area scheme.
Kings was born in Barkingside, Essex, on the eastern outskirts of London. He is one of two children. He was educated at Buckhurst Hill County High School, the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst, Hertford College, Oxford, Ridley Hall Theological College, Selwyn College, Cambridge, and Utrecht University. He trained for the priesthood at Ridley Hall in Cambridge.
Between school and Oxford, Kings was commissioned as a 2nd lieutenant in the 5th Inniskilling Dragoon Guards on a short service limited commission (gap year). Between Oxford and Cambridge, he was a caretaker at All Souls Church, Langham Place, in London (1977–78). His first post was served as a curate in Harlesden following which he then spent seven years as a Church Mission Society mission partner as Director of Studies and then as Vice-Principal of St Andrew’s College, Kabare, Kenya. He was appointed an honorary canon of St Andrew’s Cathedral in Kerugoya, Kenya, in 1991.
On his return to Britain, in 1992 Kings became the first Lecturer in Mission Studies at the Cambridge Theological Federation and then founded and directed the Henry Martyn Centre for the Study of Mission and World Christianity at Westminster College in the federation (renamed the Cambridge Centre for Christianity Worldwide in 2014) and was an affiliated lecturer in the faculty of divinity of the university. In 2000, Kings became vicar of St Mary's Islington. Kings was consecrated a bishop on 24 June 2009 and installed as the Bishop of Sherborne.
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