Nick Baines (bishop)

Nick Baines
Bishop of Leeds
Baines as Bishop of Croydon in 2007
Diocese	Diocese of Leeds
In office	8 June 2014–present
Predecessor	New see
Other posts	Archdeacon of Lambeth (2000–2003) Area Bishop of Croydon (2003–2011) Bishop of Bradford (2011–2014) Honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of York (2014–present) Acting Bishop of Leeds (22 April–8 June 2014)
Orders
Ordination	1987 (deacon) 1988 (priest)
Consecration	8 May 2003 by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury
Personal details
Born	(1957-11-13) 13 November 1957 (age 59) Liverpool, Lancashire, United Kingdom
Nationality	British
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Linda (m. 1980)
Children	Three
Profession	formerly linguist
Alma mater	University of Bradford

Nicholas "Nick" Baines (born 13 November 1957) is a British Anglican bishop. He has been the Bishop of Leeds since 8 June 2014. He is a former Bishop of Bradford, the diocesan bishop of the Anglican Diocese of Bradford (from 1 April 2011 until 20 April 2014).

Baines was educated at Holt Comprehensive School, Liverpool, before gaining a Bachelor of Arts honours degree (BAHons) in German and French at the University of Bradford. He worked as a linguist at GCHQ for four years prior to training for ordination at Trinity College, Bristol, where he gained a BA(Hons) in theological studies.

Baines was ordained as a deacon in 1987 and a priest in 1988. His first appointments were as assistant curate at St Thomas' Church, Kendal and St Catherine's Crook. He then moved to Leicester, becoming briefly associate minister of Holy Trinity, Leicester, and then Vicar of Rothley (1992-2000), during which time he was also chaplain to an adult mental health unit, before becoming Rural Dean of Goscote in 1995. In 2000, Baines became the Archdeacon of Lambeth in the Diocese of Southwark. He also oversaw the diocese's children and youth policies and was a member of the General Synod of the Church of England from 1995 until 2005.