The Rt Revd Michael Langrish, Bishop of Exeter

The Bishop is the head of the Diocese, with overall responsibility for its worship, mission and the making and nurture of Christian disciples, as well as the licensing of ordained and accredited lay ministers in the Diocese.

Following childhood and school days in Southampton, Bishop Michael took a degree in History and Social Sciences at Birmingham University, followed by a PGCE and a short career in education, teaching in Birmingham and London, and lecturing in a College of Education in Nigeria. After ordination training at Ridley Hall, and a Cambridge degree in theology, Bishop Michael spent twenty years of priestly ministry in a variety of urban and rural parishes, as a school chaplain and as Honorary Canon of Coventry Cathedral. Bishop Michael became Suffragan Bishop of Birkenhead (Chester Diocese) in 1993 and Diocesan Bishop of Exeter in 2000. In addition to being a member of the House of Bishops and General Synod, he was Chairman of the Church’s Rural Strategy Group for nine years, relinquishing this role in September 2009 to become Chairman of the Churches’ Legislation Advisory Group, a Judaeo-Christian ecumenical body bringing together the interests of Christian Churches and the Jewish community in their dealings with Government. In Devon he has been a member of Exeter University’s Council and was the first Chair of the Devon Strategic Partnership.

Bishop Michael has been a member of the House of Lords since 2005, where he speaks on a wide range of issues reflecting his interest in children and young people, education and employment, urban and rural affairs, Aid and Development issues and the Middle East. He is married to Esther, a Counsellor and a Licensed Reader in the Church of England, who also has extensive professional and personal experience working in the area of disability and social care. They have three children and four grandchildren.

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