Richard John Carew Chartres KCVO FSA (born 11 July 1947) is the current Bishop of London, a position he has held since 1995. Before this appointment, he was Bishop of Stepney (1992–1995) and Gresham Professor of Divinity (1987–1992).
He was born in Ware, Hertfordshire to an English mother and an Irish Huguenot father.His great-uncle was John Chartres "...called [the] 'Mystery Man of the Treaty'. He was a member of Sinn Fein and a Protestant civil...
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Richard John Carew Chartres KCVO FSA (born 11 July 1947) is the current Bishop of London, a position he has held since 1995. Before this appointment, he was Bishop of Stepney (1992–1995) and Gresham Professor of Divinity (1987–1992).
He was born in Ware, Hertfordshire to an English mother and an Irish Huguenot father.His great-uncle was John Chartres "...called [the] 'Mystery Man of the Treaty'. He was a member of Sinn Fein and a Protestant civil servant. He was also undoubtedly a gun runner for Michael Collins." He was educated at Hertford Grammar School (now Richard Hale School) and Trinity College, Cambridge (MA), where he read history before studying theology at Cuddesdon and Lincoln theological colleges.
Chartres was ordained as a priest in 1974. During this time he was chaplain to Robert Runcie, then Bishop of St Albans and later Archbishop of Canterbury; he received a Lambeth Bachelor of Divinity degree. He holds honorary doctorates from St Mary's College, Brunel University,...
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