The Right Reverend Graham Usher |
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Bishop of Dudley | |
Diocese | Diocese of Worcester |
In office | March 2014–present |
Predecessor | David Walker |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1996 (deacon) 1997 (priest) |
Consecration | 25 March 2014 by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury |
Personal details | |
Birth name | Graham Barham Usher |
Born | 11 September 1970 |
Nationality | British |
Denomination | Anglican |
Education | Pocklington School |
Alma mater |
University of Edinburgh Corpus Christi College, Cambridge |
Graham Barham Usher (born 11 September 1970) is an Anglican bishop and ecologist. Since 2014, he has been the Bishop of Dudley, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Worcester. He was previously rector of Hexham Abbey.
Usher was born in 1970. He was baptised by Douglas Sargent, the then Bishop of Selby. His early years were spent living in Ghana. Between 1981 and 1989, he was educated at Pocklington School, an independent school in Pocklington, Yorkshire. He studied ecological science at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1993. He then attended the University of Cambridge where he studied theology at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1995; this degree was later promoted to Master of Arts (MA Cantab), as per tradition. Following the completion of his theology studies, he trained for the priesthood at Westcott House, Cambridge, and St. Nicholas Theological Seminary in Ghana.
Usher was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1996 and as a priest in 1997. He was then a curate at St Mary the Virgin, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, from 1996 to 1999. While serving his curacy, he was also worked with young offenders as a chaplain at HM Prison Northallerton. He was Vicar of North Ormesby, Middlesbrough between 1999 and 2004. The area is very poor and is in the top two percent of deprived areas in England.