Ric Thorpe
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The Right Reverend Ric Thorpe |
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| Bishop of Islington (national bishop for church plants) |
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| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Diocese of London |
| In office | 2015–present |
| Other posts |
Rector of St Paul's Church, Shadwell (2005–2015) Bishop of London's Adviser for Church Planting (2012–2015) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1996 (deacon) 1997 (priest) |
| Consecration | 29 September 2015 by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Personal details | |
| Birth name | Richard Charles Thorpe |
| Born | 3 February 1965 |
| Spouse | Louie Thorpe |
| Children | 3 |
| Alma mater |
University of Birmingham Wycliffe Hall, Oxford |
Richard Charles "Ric" Thorpe (born 3 February 1965) is a British Church of England bishop and an expert in church planting. Since September 2015, he has been the Bishop of Islington, a suffragan bishopric in the Diocese of London, and the "bishop for church plants". From 2005 to 2015, he led St Paul's Church, Shadwell, first as priest-in-charge and from 2010 as rector. From 2012 to 2015, he was the Bishop of London's Adviser for Church Planting.
Thorpe was born on 3 February 1965. He was educated at Stowe School, an independent school in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. He studied chemical engineering at the University of Birmingham and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1987. His first career was as a marketing manager with Unilever.
From 1990 to 1992, Thorpe was a lay worship leader at Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) in the Diocese of London. In 1993, he entered Wycliffe Hall, an Evangelical Anglican theological college, to study theology and train for ordained ministry.
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