Alec Graham

{{Short description|English Anglican bishop (1929–2021)}}

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{{Infobox Christian leader

| name = Alec Graham

| title = Bishop of Newcastle

| church = Church of England

| diocese = Diocese of Newcastle

| term = 1981–1997

| predecessor = Ronald Bowlby

| successor = Martin Wharton

| other_post = honorary assistant bishop in Carlisle (1997–2021)
Bishop of Bedford
1977–1981

| ordination = 1956

| consecration = 1977

| birth_date = {{birth date|1929|8|7|df=yes}}

| religion = Anglican

| alma_mater = St John's College, Oxford

| death_date = {{death date and age|2021|5|9|1929|8|7|df=yes}}

| death_place = Butterwick, Cumbria, England

}}

Andrew Alexander Kenny Graham[http://www.churchofengland.org/media/1258654/gs1554.pdf Church of England – GS1554] (Accessed 8 November 2013) (7 August 1929 – 9 May 2021) was an English Anglican bishop.Daily Telegraph Issue no 51,628 dated Thursday 13 May 2021 Obituary p27: "The Right Reverend Alexander Graham- Bishop of Newcastle and theological polymath gifted with doctrinal knowledge and pastoral skills"

Graham was educated at Tonbridge School and St John's College, Oxford.Who's Who2008: London, A & C Black {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}} After studies at Ely Theological College he was ordained in 1956.Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing {{ISBN|978-0-7151-1030-0}} He was ordained in the Church of England: made a deacon on Trinity Sunday 1955 (5 June)

{{Church Times | title = Trinity Ordinations | archive = 1955_06_10_009 | issue = 4818 | date = 10 June 1955 | page = 9 | accessed = 22 May 2019 }} and ordained a priest the Trinity following (27 May 1956), both times by George Bell, Bishop of Chichester, at Chichester Cathedral.{{Church Times | title = Ordinations at Trinity | archive = 1956_06_08_015 | issue = 4869 | date = 8 June 1956 | page = 15 | accessed = 22 May 2019 }} His first post was as a curate at Hove from where he moved to be a lecturer at Worcester College, Oxford. After time as warden of Lincoln Theological College he was appointed the Bishop of Bedford in 1977."Church news New bishops suffragan of Repton and Bedford", The Times, 2 February 1977 He was consecrated a bishop on 31 March 1977, by Donald Coggan, Archbishop of Canterbury at Westminster Abbey.{{Church Times | title = picture caption | archive = 1977_04_07_003 | issue = 5956 | date = 7 April 1977 | page = 3 | accessed = 22 May 2019 }}

With his nomination on 21 May and confirmation on 29 June 1981, he was translated to Bishop of NewcastleThe Times, Thursday, 2 April 1981; p. 16; Issue 60892; col D – Bishop appointed where he stayed for sixteen years. In retirement he was an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Carlisle.

Graham died at his home in Butterwick, on 9 May 2021, at the age of 91.{{Cite web|title=Newcastle Diocese {{!}} Bishop Andrew Alexander Kenny Graham, RIP|url=https://www.newcastle.anglican.org/news/bishop-andrew-alexander-kenny-graham-rip.php|access-date=2021-05-11|website=www.newcastle.anglican.org}}