Michael Colclough
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The Rt Revd Michael Colclough BA |
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| Canon Pastor at St Paul's | |
| Church | St Paul's Cathedral, London |
| Diocese | Diocese of London |
| Appointed | 2008 |
| Predecessor | Martin Warner |
| Other posts | Acting Dean of St Paul's 2011–2012 Bishop of Kensington 1996–2008 Archdeacon of Northolt 1992–1994 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1971 (deacon); 1972 (priest) |
| Consecration | 24 September 1996 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
29 December 1944 Staffordshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Cynthia |
| Alma mater | Leeds University |
Michael John Colclough (born 29 December 1944) is a British Anglican bishop. He is Canon Pastor at St Paul's Cathedral, London. He was previously the Bishop of Kensington in the Diocese of London from 1996 to 2008.
Colclough was born in Staffordshire and educated at Stanfield Technical High School, Burslem, where he was head boy in 1963. He was ordained in 1971 following training for the priesthood at Leeds University and Ripon College, Oxford. His first curacy was at St Werburgh's in Burslem, a parish in the Diocese of Lichfield.
He moved to the Diocese of London in 1975, serving a second curacy at St Mary in South Ruislip before becoming Priest-in-Charge of St Anselm in Hayes. He was later appointed Area Dean of Hillingdon and Team Rector of Uxbridge. Colclough was made Archdeacon of Northolt in 1992.
In 1994, Colclough became Archdeacon at London House and PA to the Bishop of London.
From 1994 to 96 he was Priest-in-Charge of St Vedast Foster Lane in the City of London.
In 1995, he became a Deputy Priest in Ordinary to Queen Elizabeth. He was consecrated area Bishop of Kensington on 24 September 1996 at St Paul's Cathedral.
He is Vice-President of the Christian Children's Fund of Great Britain - a post he has held since 1998 - and he became Patron of the Micro Loan Foundation in 1999.
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