Frank White is an English

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

 Anglican bishop

Bishop

A bishop is an ordained or consecrated member of the Christian clergy who is generally entrusted with a position of authority and oversight. Within the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox Churches, in the Assyrian Church of the East, in the Independent Catholic Churches, and in the...

. He is currently the Assistant Bishop of Newcastle

Assistant Bishop of Newcastle

The Assistant Bishop of Newcastle is an episcopal title used by the sole full-time stipendiary assistant bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Newcastle in the Province of York, England...

 in the Church of England

Church of England

The Church of England is the officially established Christian church in England and the Mother Church of the worldwide Anglican Communion. The church considers itself within the tradition of Western Christianity and dates its formal establishment principally to the mission to England by St...

.

White was educated at University College Cardiff, after which he was a social worker for nine years. He was ordained in 1980 and was a curate

Curate

A curate is a person who is invested with the care or cure of souls of a parish. In this sense "curate" correctly means a parish priest but in English-speaking countries a curate is an assistant to the parish priest...

 at St Nicholas' Durham and then a hospital chaplain

Chaplain

Traditionally, a chaplain is a minister in a specialized setting such as a priest, pastor, rabbi, or imam or lay representative of a religion attached to a secular institution such as a hospital, prison, military unit, police department, university, or private chapel...

, vicar

Vicar

In the broadest sense, a vicar is a representative, deputy or substitute; anyone acting "in the person of" or agent for a superior . In this sense, the title is comparable to lieutenant...

 of Birtley

Birtley, Tyne and Wear

Birtley is a town in the Metropolitan Borough of Gateshead, in Tyne and Wear, England. It is situated to the south of Gateshead town and is physically linked to Chester-le-Street across the County boundary in County Durham. Until 1974, Birtley and the adjoining areas of Barley Mow, Vigo and...

, Rural Dean

Rural Dean

In the Anglican Communion and the Roman Catholic Church, a Rural Dean presides over a Rural Deanery .-Origins and usage:...

 of Chester le Street and Archdeacon of Sunderland before his ordination to the episcopate

Suffragan bishop

A suffragan bishop is a bishop subordinate to a metropolitan bishop or diocesan bishop. He or she may be assigned to an area which does not have a cathedral of its own.-Anglican Communion:...

 in 2002 as the Bishop of Brixworth

Bishop of Brixworth

The Bishop of Brixworth is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Peterborough, in the Province of Canterbury, England...

 in the Diocese of Peterborough. For much of 2008 and 2009 he deputised for Bishop Ian Cundy, the Bishop of Peterborough, before Cundy's death from cancer. A keen ornithologist, he has strong views on why fewer and fewer Anglicans regularly attend church. He is a supporter of his hometown football team, Newcastle United.

In May 2010 it was announced that White would become the Assistant Bishop of Newcastle

Assistant Bishop of Newcastle

The Assistant Bishop of Newcastle is an episcopal title used by the sole full-time stipendiary assistant bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Newcastle in the Province of York, England...

from 28 November 2010.

Styles

• Frank White Esq (1949–1980)
• The Revd Frank White (1980–1997)
• The Ven Frank White (1997–2002)
• The Rt Revd Frank White (2002–present)