Derek Rawcliffe

Derek Rawcliffe
Born	8 July 1921 Manchester
Died	1 February 2011[1] Leeds
Education	Leeds University
Church	Church of England Melanesian Anglican Scottish Episcopal Church
Ordained	1944
Writings	“The Meaning of it All is Love”, 2000 “Seasons of the Spirit”, 2003 “Pilgrimage to Melanesia”, 2005 “Gethsemane to Calvary" 2006
Congregations served	Claines St George, Worcester
Offices held	Archdeacon of Southern Melanesia Bishop of the New Hebrides Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway

The Rt Rev Derek Rawcliffe OBE (8 July 1921 – 1 February 2011) was an English clergyman and author. He served as Anglican Bishop of the New Hebrides^[2] and Episcopalian Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway.^[3] He was the first bishop in the Church of England to announce that he was gay, after disclosing his sexuality on television in 1995.^[4]

He was born in Manchester, the son of a tobacconist, on 8 July 1921, brought up in Gloucester, educated at Leeds University^[5], and ordained in 1944.^[6] After a curacy at Claines St George, Worcester he was a teacher in the Solomon Islands until 1953 when he became Archdeacon of Southern Melanesia and the New Hebrides. He was the first Bishop of the New Hebrides from 1975 to 1980^[7] when he was translated to Glasgow and Galloway, in the Scottish Episcopal Church. He retired in 1991.

Rawcliffe died on the February 1st of 2011 at the age of 89.^[1]

References

1. ^ ^{a b} "Book of Condolences: Derek Rawcliffe". St Aidan's Church, Leeds. http://staidan-leeds.org.uk/about/book-of-condolences/. Retrieved 2 February 2011. 
2. ^ Melanesian Anglican
3. ^ Amongst others he has written “The Meaning of it All is Love”, 2000; “Seasons of the Spirit”, 2003; “Pilgrimage to Melanesia”, 2005; and “Gethsemane to Calvary" 2006. British Library website accessed 18:05GMT 20 December, 2010
4. ^ "Gay English bishop Derek Rawcliffe dies at 89". The Washington Post. 11 February 2011. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2011/02/11/AR2011021101969.html. Retrieved 12 February 2011. 
5. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 9780713672576
6. ^ Crockfords, 1947-48 Oxford, OUP, 1947
7. ^ "Derek Rawcliffe: Church of England bishop who blessed same sex marriages" Obituary Daily Telegraph Issue no 48,429 (dated 15 February 2011)

Anglican Communion titles
Preceded by Inaugural appointment	Bishop of Vanuatu 1975 – 1980	Succeeded by Harry Tevi
Preceded by Frederick Goldie	Bishop of Glasgow and Galloway 1981 – 1991	Succeeded by John Mitchell Taylor

Persondata
Name	Rawcliffe, Derek
Alternative names
Short description	English clergyman
Date of birth	8 July 1921
Place of birth	Manchester
Date of death	1 February 2011
Place of death	leeds

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