The Rt Rev Nicholas Reade

Foretitle(s): Rt Rev
Surname: READE
Style: The Rt Rev Nicholas Reade
Recreations: reading, particularly ecclesiastical and modern political biographies, cycling and walking

Career: ordained: deacon 1973, priest 1974; curate: St Chad Coseley 1973-75, St Nicholas Codsall and priest i/c Holy Cross Bilbrook 1975-78, vicar St Peter Upper Gornal and chaplain Burton Road Hosp Dudley 1978-82, vicar St Dunstan Mayfield and rural dean of Dallington 1982-88, vicar and rural dean of Eastbourne 1988-97, canon and preb of Chichester Cathedral 1990-97, archdeacon of Lewes and Hastings 1997-2004, bishop of Blackburn 2004-12, ret; chm Chichester Diocesan Liturgical Ctee 1989-97, chair Archbishop's Cncl for the Deaf and Disabled 2008-12; memb: Bishop's Cncl and Standing Ctee of Chichester 1989-2004, Gen Synod C of E 1995-2000 and 2003-, Sr Appointments Gp (Episcopal) 2008-12, Urban Bishops' Panel 2010-12; memb House of Lords 2009-12; pres: Eastbourne and Dist Police Court Mission 1994-, Crowhurst Healing Centre 2000-; vice-pres Disabled Living 2005-12; tstee: St Wilfrid's Hospice Eastbourne 1995-98, UC Chichester (formerly Bishop Otter Coll) 1997-2004; patron: Sussex Heritage Tst 1998-, Rosemere Cancer Fndn 2004-12, Helping Hand 2005-12, Derian House Children's Hospice 2006-12, Skipton and E Lancs Rail Action Partnership 2006-; govr: Bishop Bell C of E Aided Secdy Sch 1988-97 (chm 1988-92), St Mary's Hall Girls' Sch Brighton 2002-04; Warden Guild of Wt Raphael 2009-; FRSA 2009