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Bishop of Durham

Lord Bishop of Durham

Rt Revd Dr Tom Wright

Areas of political interest
Coal, farming, education, constitutional reform

House of Lords activity

Entered House of Lords 2003

Most recent contributions in the Lords

Details of Bishop Tom speaking in the House of Lords:

(courtesy of UK Parliament Hansard website):

Oral Contributions: 2006/2007 session

2007/2008 session

2008/2009 session

Details of Bishop Tom’s voting in the House of Lords:

(courtesy of ‘The Public Whip’): here

Biographical details
Year of birth 1948

Exeter College, Oxford: Theology and then Literae Humaniores (sometimes called "Greats", i.e. classical literature, philosophy and history) 1968-1971 MA 1975 DPhil 1981 DD 2000
Wycliffe Hall, Oxford 1971 - 1975
Deacon 1975, Priest 1976
Junior research fellow at Merton College, Oxford and later junior chaplain, 1975-78
Fellow and Chaplain at Downing College, Cambridge 1978 to 1981.
Asst Professor of New Testament Studies at McGill University, Montreal 1981-86
Chaplain, Fellow and Tutor at Worcester College and lecturer in New Testament in the University of Oxford, 1986-93
Dean of Lichfield Cathedral 1993-99
Canon Theologian of Westminster Abbey, 2000-03
Bishop of Durham 2003 -

Contact

Lords

The Rt Revd Lord Bishop of Durham, House of Lords, London SW1A 0PW

Diocese

Auckland Castle, Bishop Auckland, DL14 7NR 01388 602576

Canon Jon Bell, Senior Chaplain, Executive Officer and Press Officer,

Mobile 07973 829491

chaplain@bishopdunelm.co.uk bishop@bishopdunelm.co.uk

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