Richard Harries
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The Right Reverend and Right Honourable The Lord Harries of Pentregarth |
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| former Bishop of Oxford | |
Speaking at the Friends meeting house, Oxford, in 2004
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| Diocese | Diocese of Oxford |
| In office | 1987–2 June 2006 (retired) |
| Predecessor | Patrick Rodger |
| Successor | John Pritchard |
| Other posts |
Dean of King's College London (1981–1987) Gresham Professor of Divinity (1 September 2008–2012) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1963 (deacon); 1964 (priest) |
| Consecration | 28 May 1987, St Paul's Cathedral by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 2 June 1936 |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Spouse | Josephine Bottomley |
| Children | 1 son, 1 daughter |
| Profession | Army officer; theologian; author |
| Alma mater | Selwyn College, Cambridge |
Richard Douglas Harries, Baron Harries of Pentregarth, FRSL (born 2 June 1936) is a retired bishop of the Church of England and former British Army officer. He was the 41st Bishop of Oxford from 1987 to 2006. From 2008 until 2012 he was the Gresham Professor of Divinity.
Harries was educated at Wellington College and Royal Military Academy Sandhurst. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the Royal Corps of Signals on 16 December 1955 and was promoted to lieutenant two years later. He left the active Regular Army on 12 September 1958 (transferring to the reserve of officers), and went up to Selwyn College, Cambridge, where he read theology (BA 1961, MA 1965), before going on to Cuddesdon College (1961–63) to study for ordination. He formally resigned his original army commission on 18 March 1965, but was immediately recommissioned as Chaplain to the Forces 4th Class in the Territorial Army, on 29 October 1969 he once more transferred to the reserve.
Harries was made deacon in 1963, becoming assistant curate of Hampstead St John in the Diocese of London (1963–69). He was ordained priest the following year and later combined his ministry at St John's with the chaplaincy of the former Westfield College (now part of Queen Mary, University of London) (1967–69). He became a Tutor at Wells Theological College (1969–71) and was then Warden of the new Salisbury and Wells Theological College (1971–72).
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