John Geoffrey Inge is the current Bishop of Worcester

Bishop of Worcester

The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. He is the head of the Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury...

 in the Diocese of Worcester

Anglican Diocese of Worcester

The Diocese of Worcester forms part of the Province of Canterbury in England.The diocese was founded in around 679 by St Theodore of Canterbury at Worcester to minister to the kingdom of the Hwicce, one of the many Anglo Saxon petty-kingdoms of that time...

.

He was educated at Kent College Canterbury and St Chad's College

St Chad's College

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, Durham University

Durham University

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 where he took a BSc

Bachelor of Science

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 in 1977 and an MA

Master of Arts (postgraduate)

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 in 1994. In 1979 he took a PGCE

Postgraduate Certificate in Education

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 at Keble College, Oxford

Oxford

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. He trained for ordination at the College of the Resurrection

College of the Resurrection

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, Mirfield. He completed a PhD

Doctor of Philosophy

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 at Durham

Durham

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 in 2002.

From 1984 to 1986 he was Assistant Chaplain at Lancing College

Lancing College

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, having started at the school as a chemistry teacher. He was Junior Chaplain at Harrow School

Harrow School

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 from 1987 to 1989, and Senior Chaplain from 1989 to 1990. From 1990 to 1996 he was Vicar of Wallsend, St Luke. He became Canon Residentiary of Ely Cathedral

Ely Cathedral

Ely Cathedral is the principal church of the Diocese of Ely, in Cambridgeshire, England, and is the seat of the Bishop of Ely and a suffragan bishop, the Bishop of Huntingdon...

 in 1996 and was Vice Dean from 1999 until his consecration as suffragan

Suffragan bishop

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 Bishop of Huntingdon

Bishop of Huntingdon

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 in 2003. In July 2007 he was nominated to be Bishop of Worcester

Bishop of Worcester

The Bishop of Worcester is the Ordinary of the Church of England Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury, England. He is the head of the Diocese of Worcester in the Province of Canterbury...

 from 1 October 2007 and enthroned as the 113th Bishop of Worcester on Saturday 1 March 2008.

He is author of A Christian Theology of Place (2003) and Living Love: in Conversation with the No1. Ladies' Detective Agency (2007). He is currently a trustee of the Common Purpose

Common Purpose UK

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leadership organization.

Styles

• John Inge Esq (1955–1983)
• The Revd John Inge (1983–1996)
• The Revd Canon John Inge (1996–2002)
• The Revd Canon Dr John Inge (2002–2003)
• The Rt Revd Dr John Inge (2003—)