Richard Pratt (priest)
Richard David Pratt (born 1955) is a British Anglican priests who has been serving as the Archdeacon of West Cumberland (in the Church of England Diocese of Carlisle) since 2009.[1]
Pratt was born in Cheltenham in 1955, and was educated at Ranelagh Grammar School and Lincoln College, Oxford.[2] and ordained in 1984.[3] Following a curacy at All Hallows' Wellingborough he held incumbencies at St Mark's Kingsthorpe and St Benedict's Hunsbury before his appointment as the communications officer for the Diocese of Carlisle in 1997, a position he held until his archdeacon’s appointment. On 24 January 2022,[4] Pratt started a job-share arrangement with Stewart Fyfe as Archdeacon of West Cumberland; on that date, he was legally ceased to be Archdeacon and became Associate Archdeacon. Pratt is also a bell ringer who serves as the President of the Carlisle Diocesan Guild of Church Bell Ringers (CDGCBR). [5]
References
- ^ Diocese of Carlisle web-site Archived 2012-03-09 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pratt, Ven. Dr Richard David, Who's Who 2013, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2013; online edn, Oxford University Press, Dec 2012 ; online edn, Nov 2012 accessed 4 December 2012
- ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory online edition accessed 4 December 2012 13:57
- ^ "Diocesan Announcements (Section: January 2022)". Diocese of Carlisle. Archived from the original on 7 April 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.
- ^ "Well-respected Cumbrian vicar appointed new job-share Archdeacon". Diocese of Carlisle. Archived from the original on 10 February 2022. Retrieved 7 April 2022.