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The Right Reverend
Henry Richmond
MLitt MA(Dubl) BTh
Bishop of Repton
DioceseDiocese of Derby
In office1985 – 1999 (retired)
PredecessorStephen Verney
SuccessorDavid Hawtin
Other post(s)Honorary assistant chaplain at Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford (2006–2017)
Honorary assistant bishop in Oxford (1999–2017)
Orders
Ordination1963 (deacon); 1964 (priest)
Consecration30 January 1986
by Robert Runcie
Personal details
Born(1936-01-06)6 January 1936
Died16 March 2017(2017-03-16) (aged 81)
DenominationAnglican
ParentsFrank & Lena
SpouseCaroline Berent (m. 1966)
Children2 sons; 1 daughter
ProfessionAcademic
Alma materTrinity College, Dublin

Francis Henry Arthur Richmond (6 January 1936 – 16 March 2017) was the third Bishop of Repton from 1985 to 1999; and from then on, in retirement, an honorary assistant bishop within the Diocese of Oxford.

Richmond was educated at Trinity College, Dublin. Ordained in 1964, he began his career with a curacy at Woodlands, in Yorkshire. after which he was: a chaplain at Sheffield Cathedral; Vicar of St George's, Sheffield (during which time he was also a University Chaplain ); and finally, before his elevation to the episcopate, Warden of Lincoln Theological College. He was ordained and consecrated a bishop (thereby taking up his suffragan See) on 30 January 1986, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Southwark Cathedral. After 14 years as the Derby Suffragan he retired to Oxford in 1999.

He died on 16 March 2017 at the age of 81.

References

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  7. REVEREND HENRY RICHMOND
Church of England titles
Preceded byStephen Verney Bishop of Repton
1985–1999 		Succeeded byDavid Hawtin
Bishops of Repton
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