Nigel McCulloch
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The Right Reverend Nigel McCulloch KCVO |
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| Bishop of Manchester | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of Manchester |
| Installed | February 2003 |
| Term ended | 17 January 2013 (retired) |
| Predecessor | Christopher Mayfield |
| Other posts |
Bishop of Wakefield 1992–2003 Bishop of Taunton 1986–1992 |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1966 |
| Consecration | 1986 |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
17 January 1942 Crosby, Liverpool |
| Nationality | British |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Celia McCulloch |
| Children | Two daughters |
| Alma mater | Selwyn College, Cambridge, Cuddesdon College |
Nigel Simeon McCulloch KCVO (born 17 January 1942) is an Anglican bishop. He is a retired Bishop of Manchester in the Church of England. He was appointed in August 2002, taking up duties later that year and was installed in February 2003. He retired on his 71st birthday (17 January 2013).
McCulloch was born and brought up in Crosby, Liverpool. He was educated at Liverpool College and studied theology at Selwyn College, Cambridge. He trained for the priesthood at Cuddesdon College, Oxford. He was ordained in Chester Cathedral in 1966 and served as a curate in the large urban parish of Ellesmere Port from 1966 to 1971. He was chaplain to Christ's College, Cambridge from 1970 to 1973 and was also the Director of Studies in Theology there until 1975. He also served as Diocesan Missioner in the Diocese of Norwich from 1973 to 1978. He was appointed Archdeacon of Sarum and rector of the city-centre church of St Thomas’s in the Diocese of Salisbury in 1978.
In 1986, McCulloch was appointed as the suffragan Bishop of Taunton in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. In 1992 he was translated to be the diocesan Bishop of Wakefield. He was appointed Lord High Almoner to The Queen in 1997 and took his seat in the House of Lords in 1997. He is also Chairman of the West Yorkshire Ecumenical Council and Chairman of the Police Standards Committee for West Yorkshire.
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