Michael Langrish
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The Right Reverend Michael Langrish |
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| Bishop of Exeter | |
| Province | Canterbury |
| Diocese | Exeter |
| See | Exeter |
| In office | 2000-30 June 2013 |
| Predecessor | Hewlett Thompson |
| Successor | Robert Atwell |
| Other posts |
Bishop of Birkenhead 1993–2000 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1973 (deacon) 1974 (priest) |
| Consecration | 1993 by George Carey |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1 July 1946 Southampton, Hampshire |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Douglas Langrish & Brenda Passingham |
| Spouse | Esther Rudd (m. 1968) |
| Children | One son, two daughters |
| Profession | previously educator |
| Alma mater | Birmingham University |
Michael Laurence Langrish (born 1 July 1946) is a retired English Anglican bishop. He was Bishop of Exeter from 2000 to 2013.
Langrish was born in Southampton, Hampshire, the son of Douglas Frank Langrish and Brenda Florence Passingham. He was educated at King Edward VI School, Southampton, and Birmingham University, where he received a Bachelor of Social Sciences degree in 1967 and a Postgraduate Certificate in Education a year later. He was further educated at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he graduated with Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts degrees in theology in 1973, and at Ridley Hall, Cambridge.
Langrish was lecturer in education in Nigeria from 1969 to 1971.
He became deacon in 1973 and was assistant curate at Holy Trinity Church (Shakespeares Church) Stratford-upon-Avon until 1976. In 1974, he was ordained as a priest, and was chaplain of Rugby School from 1976 to 1981. In the following year he was made vicar of Offchurch and diocesan director of ordinands, and held this post until 1987. From 1982 to 1989 he was the Bishop of Coventry's examining chaplain and, from 1987 to 1993, the rector of the Rugby Team Ministry. Langrish was an honorary canon of Coventry Cathedral between 1990 and 1993.
Langrish served as Bishop of Birkenhead from 1993 to 2000. In 2000, he was appointed the 70th Bishop of Exeter. He became a Lord Spiritual with a seat at the House of Lords in 2005.
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