![]() ![]() Having completed an undergraduate degree in ecology, Usher continues to have interest in the field. Usher voted in favour of the introduction of blessings for same-sex couples by the Church of England. He took part in the 2023 Coronation as one of the two Bishops Assistant to Queen Camilla. In March 2021 the Archbishop of Canterbury announced that Usher would be the Church of England's lead bishop for the environment. He is a member of the Council of St George's House, Windsor Castle. In 2020 he was appointed as the Church of England's episcopal member of the Anglican Consultative Council and, from 2021, a Church Commissioner. Honey cake was served to the 1800 strong congregation made with honey from Usher's own bees. He was enthroned as the 72nd Bishop of Norwich in Norwich Cathedral on 9 November 2019 during a very inclusive service which included Down Syndrome dancers, children and refugees participating. His election was confirmed on 17 June 2019 at St Mary-le-Bow. On, Usher was announced as the next Bishop of Norwich, the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Norwich. Since 2017 he has been a member of the International Commission for Anglican Orthodox Theological Dialogue. He was 43 at his appointment, making him the one of the youngest of the current Church of England bishops and the first to have been born in the 1970s. He was consecrated on 25 March 2014 by Archbishop Justin Welby at St Paul's Cathedral, London. On 12 December 2013, it was announced that he was to become the next Bishop of Dudley, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Worcester. He was appointed an Honorary Canon of Kumasi in Ghana, the place of his early childhood, in 2007. In addition to his parish duties, he was Area Dean of Hexham from 2006 to 2011. Peter's Basilica, in celebration of the 1300th anniversary of the death of St Wilfrid. They had been invited to sing at a mass in St. In 2009, he undertook a visit to Rome with the men and boys of the Hexham Abbey Choir. He also reunited the abbey with its monastic buildings, the buildings having been separated during the Reformation, raising £3.2M to fully refurbish the building and create a stunning new cloister, refectory, conference and meeting rooms, and a state of the art exhibition about the Abbey's history. During his time as rector, the congregation grew and he supported the setting up of a food bank covering West Northumberland. Hexham Abbey is a large parish church that can be described as cathedral-like. He was rector and lecturer of Hexham Abbey for ten years from 2004 to 2014. The area has deep social and economic needs and is in the top two percent of deprived areas in England. He was Vicar of North Ormesby, Middlesbrough between 19. While serving his curacy, he was also worked with young offenders as a chaplain at HM Prison Northallerton. He was then a curate at St Mary the Virgin, Nunthorpe, Middlesbrough, from 1996 to 1999. Usher was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1996 and as a priest in 1997. Following the completion of his theology studies, he trained for the priesthood at Westcott House, Cambridge, and St. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1995 this degree was later promoted to Master of Arts (MA Cantab), as per tradition. ![]() He then attended the University of Cambridge where he studied theology at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. He studied ecological science at the University of Edinburgh, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1993. Between 19, he was educated at Pocklington School, a private school in Pocklington, Yorkshire. His early years were spent living in Ghana. He was baptised by Douglas Sargent, the then Bishop of Selby. Since 2019, he has been the Bishop of Norwich he had previously served as Bishop of Dudley, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Worcester. Graham Barham Usher (born 11 September 1970) is an Anglican bishop and ecologist. ![]()
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