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Howarth in 2012

Toby Matthew Howarth (born 12 July 1962)[1] is a Church of England bishop. He is the current and first area[2] of Bishop of Bradford in the Diocese of Leeds.[3]

Howarth was educated at Yale University and Wycliffe Hall, Oxford; and ordained in 1990. He studied at Birmingham University for his MA.[4] His first post was a curacy at Derby, after which he was with Crosslinks in India then the Netherlands. He was a tutor at Selly Oak College from 2000 until 2004; and Priest in charge at St Christopher's Church, Springfield from then until 2011. He was then the Archbishop of Canterbury's Secretary for International Relations until his elevation to the episcopate.[5]

References

  1. ^ Howarth. "Howarth, Toby Matthew". Who's Who. Vol. 2017 (November 2016 online ed.). A & C Black. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Unknown parameter |accessed= ignored (help); Unknown parameter |othernames= ignored (help) (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  2. ^ From 1919 until 2014 Bradford was a discrete diocese
  3. ^ "Huddersfield's first ever bishop named as Jonathan Gibbs". BBC News. 26 August 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  4. ^ https://www.gov.uk/government/news/suffragan-bishop-of-bradford-toby-matthew-howarth
  5. ^ Crockford's on-line accessed 3 December 2014