David John Atkinson

The Rt Rev. David John Atkinson [ [http://www.norwich.anglican.org/about/people/bishopthetford.shtml Diocesan profile] ] is the current Bishop of Thetford [ [http://anglicancommunion.org/tour/cathedral.cfm?IDNUMBER=14235&view=prov Anglican Profile] ] . He was born on 5 September 1943 and educated at Maidstone Grammar School and King's College London [ "Who's Who" 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576] . After a short career as a chemistry teacher he was ordained in 1973 [Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0)] . His career began with a curacy at "St Peter Halliwell Bolton" [ [http://www.stpetersparish.info/ St Peter Halliwell Bolton Parish web site] ] , after which he was Chaplain (and a Fellow) of Corpus Christi College, Oxford, then a Canon Residentiary at Southwark Cathedral and finally (before his elevation to the Episcopate) [ [http://www.southwark.anglican.org/news/pr143.htm Press release on appointment] ] Archdeacon of Lewisham. A keen amateur artist [ Debrett's People of Today London, Debrett's, 2008 ISBN 978-1-8705-2095-9] , Bishop David is married with two children.

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