Alan Gregory Clayton Smith

The Rt Rev. Alan Gregory Clayton Smith [ [http://www.number10.gov.uk/output/Page2739.asp Official notification of appointment] ] is the current Anglican Area Bishop of Shrewsbury. [ [http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/cathedral.cfm?IDNUMBER=15243 Anglican Communion] ] He was born on 14 February 1957 and educated at Birmingham University. [ "Who's Who" 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576] After Ordination in 1981 he began his career as curate at St Paul Pudsey. [ [http://www.pudseyparish.org.uk/index.html Details of Parish] ] After that he was the Chaplain of the "Lee Abbey Community", [ [http://www.leeabbey.org.uk/ Devon Organisation web-site] ] the "Diocesan Missioner" for Lichfield [ Debrett's People of Today London, Debrett's, 2008 ISBN 978-1-8705-2095-9] and finally (before his elevation to the Episcopate)Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition)", Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0)] Archdeacon of Stoke-on-Trent. [Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-7257-6] An eminent scholar, [In 2002 he completed his PhD as an external student of Bangor University- Who’s Who (Ibid)] in 2006 Smith committed himself to living on the minimum wage for the Lenten period. [ [http://www.bbc.co.uk/shropshire/content/articles/2006/04/05/bishop_minimum_wage_challenge_feature.shtml 2006 Lenten challenge] ]

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