Richard Pratt (priest) explained

Richard David Pratt (born 1955) is a British retired Anglican priest who served as the Archdeacon of West Cumberland and the Archdeacon of Carlisle (in the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle) since 2009.[1]

Pratt was born in Cheltenham in 1955 and was educated at Ranelagh Grammar School and Lincoln College, Oxford.[2] and ordained in 1984.[3] Following a curacy at All Hallows' Wellingborough he held incumbencies at St Mark's Kingsthorpe and St Benedict's Hunsbury before his appointment as the communications officer for the Diocese of Carlisle in 1997, a position he held until his archdeacon’s appointment. On 24 January 2022,[4] Pratt started a job-share arrangement with Stewart Fyfe as Archdeacon of West Cumberland; on that date, he legally ceased to be Archdeacon and became Associate Archdeacon. In 2023, he was appointed (instead) Archdeacon of Carlisle (one of two other archdeaconries of the same diocese).[5] Pratt is also a bell ringer who served as the President of the Carlisle Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers (CDGCBR).[6]

Notes and References

  1. http://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/people-and-structures/archdeacons.html Diocese of Carlisle web-site
  2. Pratt, Ven. Dr Richard David, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 4 December 2012
  3. [Crockford's Clerical Directory]
  4. Web site: Diocese of Carlisle . Diocesan Announcements (Section: January 2022) . https://web.archive.org/web/20220407212626/https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/diocesan-announcements/ . 7 April 2022 . 7 April 2022 .
  5. Web site: Diocese of Carlisle . The Archdeacon of Carlisle Announces His Retirement . 5 January 2024 . https://web.archive.org/web/20240205050028/https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/news/2024/01/05/archdeacon-carlisle-announces-his-retirement/ . 5 February 2024 . 1 April 2024 .
  6. Web site: Diocese of Carlisle . Well-respected Cumbrian vicar appointed new job-share Archdeacon . https://web.archive.org/web/20220210160921/https://www.carlislediocese.org.uk/news/2022/02/10/well-respected-cumbrian-vicar-appointed-new-job-share-archdeacon/ . 10 February 2022 . 7 April 2022 .

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