Neil Warwick

Neil Michael Warwick (born 1964) is a British Anglican bishop. Since 2023, he has served as Bishop of Swindon, the suffragan bishop of the Church of England's Diocese of Bristol. He was previously Archdeacon of Bristol from September 2019 to 2023.[https://www.bristol.anglican.org/news/2019/04/14/revd-neil-warwick-appointed-archdeacon-bristol/ Bristol Anglican]{{Crockford | forenames = Neil Michael | surname = Warwick | id = 26068 | accessed =22 January 2020 }}

Biography

Warwick studied geography at the University of Nottingham, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1986.{{cite web |title=Bishop Neil's Biography |url=https://www.bristol.anglican.org/bishop-neils-biography/ |website=Diocese of Bristol |access-date=15 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250515101516/https://www.bristol.anglican.org/bishop-neils-biography/ |archive-date=15 May 2025 |language=en}} He then worked in the transport industry and in overseas development. During a trip to Zambia in 2000, he felt a call to the priesthood.{{cite web |title=The Venerable Neil Warwick is announced as the next Bishop of Swindon |url=https://www.bristol.anglican.org/the-venerable-neil-warwick-is-announced-as-the-next-bishop-of-swindon.php |website=Diocese of Bristol |access-date=15 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250512183225/https://www.bristol.anglican.org/the-venerable-neil-warwick-is-announced-as-the-next-bishop-of-swindon.php |archive-date=12 May 2025 |language=en |date=24 August 2023}} From 2003 to 2005, he trained for ordained ministry at Ridley Hall, Cambridge.

Warwick was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2005 and as a priest in 2006.{{Crockford| surname = Warwick | forenames = Neil Michael | id = 14517 | accessed = 15 May 2025}} After a curacy at Towcester (Northamptonshire) he was the incumbent at Earley (Berkshire) from 2009 until his appointment as archdeacon.{{cite web |title=Archdeacon of Bristol announced - Diocese of Oxford |url=https://www.oxford.anglican.org/new-archdeacon-bristol-neil-warwick/ |website=Diocese of Oxford |access-date=15 May 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190504025724/https://www.oxford.anglican.org/new-archdeacon-bristol-neil-warwick/ |archive-date=4 May 2019 |language=en |date=14 April 2019}}

On 24 August 2023, he was announced as the next Bishop of Swindon, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Bristol.{{cite web |title=Appointment of Suffragan Bishop of Swindon: 24 August 2023 |url=https://www.gov.uk/government/news/appointment-of-suffragan-bishop-of-swindon-24-august-2023 |website=GOV.UK |publisher=Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street |access-date=24 August 2023 |language=en |date=24 August 2023}} On 30 November 2023, he was consecrated as a bishop by Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, during a service at Canterbury Cathedral.{{cite web |website=Diocese of Bristol |title=New Bishop of Swindon consecrated at Canterbury Cathedral |url=https://bristol.anglican.org/next-bishop-of-swindon-consecrated-at-canterbury-cathedral.php |date=30 November 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231201214951/https://bristol.anglican.org/next-bishop-of-swindon-consecrated-at-canterbury-cathedral.php |archive-date=1 December 2023 |access-date=20 December 2023 }}

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