Michael Houghton

Michael Alan Houghton was Bishop of Ebbsfleet from 1998 to 1999.^[1]

Houghton was born on 14 June 1949 ^[2] and educated at the University of Lancaster. He worked for British Rail and as a teacher before studying for the priesthood. He was a curate at All Hallows' Wellingborough^[3] followed by a period overseas as the parish priest of Jamestown, Saint Helena.^[4] From 1984 to 1989 he was a tutor at the College of the Ascension, Selly Oak then became the Vicar of St Peter’s Folkestone^[5] until his ordination to the episcopate as the second Bishop of Ebbsfleet.^[6] He died on 18 December 1999.^[7]

References

1. ^ Times Obituary
2. ^ “Who was Who” 1897-2007 London, A & C Black, 2007 ISBN 9780199540877
3. ^ Church website (1)
4. ^ Crockfords(London, Church House 1995) ISBN 0715180886
5. ^ Church website (2)
6. ^ Anglican Mainstream
7. ^ Official announcement

Church of England titles
Preceded by John Richards	Bishop of Ebbsfleet 1998 –1999	Succeeded by Andrew Burnham

Persondata
Name	Houghton, Michael Alan
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Date of birth	1949
Place of birth
Date of death	1999
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'Sea without a shore'by Simon Ellis is the spiritual biography of Bishop Michael Houghton, published by Tufton Books in 2011 (ISBN 978 0 85191 341 4).