David Railton (bishop)
{{Short description|Scottish Episcopal bishop}}
{{About||20th-century Anglican priest and military chaplain|David Railton}}
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| name = David Railton
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| title = Bishop of Argyll and the Isles
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| church = Scottish Episcopal Church
| diocese = Argyll and the Isles
| term = 2024–present
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| predecessor = Keith Riglin
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| other_post = Provost, Cathedral of The Isles
| ordination = 2008 (diaconate)
2009 (priesthood)
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| consecration = 28 August 2024
| consecrated_by = Mark Strange
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| alma_mater = University of Bradford
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David Railton is an English-born Anglican bishop in the Scottish Episcopal Church. Since 2024, he has been bishop of Argyll and the Isles.
Biography
Railton was born in Yorkshire and trained as a pharmacist at the University of Bradford. After university, he worked as a pharmacist in Derby, where he married his wife, Sarah, in 1991.{{cite news |title=New rector due to start at Rothesay church after Easter |url=https://www.scotsman.com/news/new-rector-due-to-start-at-rothesay-church-after-easter-158322 |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=The Scotsman |date=14 January 2019}}
He was ordained in the Diocese of Derby as a deacon in 2008 and as a priest in 2009.{{cite news |title=Scottish Episcopal Church appoints new bishop |url=https://www.hebrides-news.com/scottish-episcopal-church-appoints-new-bishop-22524.html |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=Hebrides News |date=22 May 2024}} He was a curate in Derbyshire, then was incumbent in a three-church benefice based in Hazelwood and assistant chaplain to the bishop of Derby. In 2015, he became vicar of two churches in Darlington in the Diocese of Durham, and in 2019, he was named rector of Holy Trinity Church, Dunoon, and St Paul’s Church in Rothesay, a linked parish in the Diocese of Argyll and the Isles.{{cite news |last1=Henderson |first1=Vicki |title=New vicar for Darlington parishes |url=https://www.thenorthernecho.co.uk/news/local/darlington/11703962.new-vicar-darlington-parishes/ |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=The Northern Echo |date=6 January 2015}}
In May 2024, Railton was elected bishop of Argyll and the Isles in succession to Keith Riglin, who had died in November 2023.{{cite news |title=UK news in brief |url=https://www.churchtimes.co.uk/articles/2024/24-may/news/uk/uk-news-in-brief |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=Church Times |date=24 May 2024}} He was consecrated and installed at St. John's Cathedral, Oban, on 28 August 2024,{{cite web |title=Consecration of Bishop David in Argyll & The Isles |url=https://www.scotland.anglican.org/bishop-david-consecrated-in-argyll-the-isles/ |publisher=Scottish Episcopal Church |access-date=21 October 2024 |date=28 August 2024}}{{cite news |title=New bishop consecrated in Argyll and The Isles |url=https://www.pressreader.com/uk/the-oban-times/20240905/281565181121514 |access-date=21 October 2024 |work=The Oban Times |date=5 September 2024}} and was seated as provost at the Cathedral of The Isles on Great Cumbrae in October 2024.{{cite news |last1=Corral |first1=Calum |title=New Bishop to be installed at Cathedral of the Isles |url=https://www.largsandmillportnews.com/news/24654323.new-bishop-installed-cathedral-isles/ |work=Largs and Millport Weekly News |access-date=21 October 2024 |date=15 October 2024}}
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Category:Bishops of Argyll and The Isles
Category:21st-century Scottish Episcopalian bishops