Norman Banks (bishop)
{{Short description|British bishop}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Infobox Christian leader
| honorific-prefix = The Right Reverend
| name = Norman Banks
| honorific-suffix = SSC
| image = 2012 National Pilgrimage to Walsingham (7344972950) (Norman Banks cropped).jpg
| caption = Bishop Banks in 2012
| title = Bishop of Richborough (AEO)
| diocese = Canterbury
|term=2011–2024
| enthroned =
| predecessor = Keith Newton
| successor = Luke Irvine-Capel
| other_post = Vicar of Walsingham (2000–2011)
| ordination = 1983
| consecration = 16 June 2011[https://web.archive.org/web/20120301072741/http://www.richborough.org.uk/index.php/news/30/15 Richborough Episcopal Area – New Bishop Consecrated]
| consecrated_by = Rowan Williams
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1954|4|4|df=y}}
| nationality = British
| religion = Anglican
| alma_mater = Oriel College, Oxford
}}
Norman Banks {{post-nominals|post-noms=SSC}} (born 4 April 1954) is a retired Anglican bishop. From 2011 until 2024, he was the Bishop of Richborough,[http://www.number10.gov.uk/news/press-notices/2011/05/suffragan-see-of-richborough-63452 Number Ten] the provincial episcopal visitor for the eastern half of the Church of England Province of Canterbury.
Early life
Banks was born on 4 April 1954 in Wallsend, Tyne and Wear, England.[http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U250396/RICHBOROUGH_Bishop_Suffragan_of Who's Who 2012 – RICHBOROUGH, Bishop Suffragan of]{{cite web |title=Richborough, Bishop Suffragan of, (Rt Rev. Norman Banks) (born 4 April 1954) |url=http://www.ukwhoswho.com/view/article/oupww/whoswho/U250396 |website=Who's Who 2024 |publisher=Oxford University Press |access-date=21 December 2023 |language=en |date=1 December 2023}} He was educated at Wallsend Grammar School.{{cite web |title=✠ The Rt Revd Norman BANKS |url=https://www.crockford.org.uk/people/w13301/✠_The_Rt_Revd_Norman_BANKS |website=The Church of England Year Book |publisher=Church House Publishing |access-date=21 December 2023}} He studied at Oriel College, Oxford, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1976; as per tradition, his BA was promoted to a Master of Arts (MA Oxon) degree in 1980. From 1979 to 1982, he trained for ordination at St Stephen's House, Oxford.Crockfords (London, Church House, 1995) {{ISBN|0-7151-8088-6}}
Ordained ministry
Banks was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1982 and as a priest in 1982. He was an assistant curate at Christ Church and St Ann's, Newcastle from 1982 to 1987 and then the parish's priest in charge until 1990. He was Vicar of St Paul's, Whitley Bay, from 1990 until 2000. He was then Vicar of Walsingham in the Diocese of Norwich between 2000 and his episcopal appointment in 2011.{{Crockford| surname = Banks | forenames = Norman | id = 32177 | accessed = 21 December 2023}}
=Episcopal ministry=
Banks was appointed the third Bishop of Richborough.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-norfolk-13300846 BBC News] On 16 June 2011, he was consecrated as a bishop at Southwark Cathedral by Rowan Williams, the Archbishop of Canterbury. As Bishop of Richborough, he is the provincial episcopal visitor for the eastern half of the Province of Canterbury. He acted as principal consecrator during the episcopal ordination of Will Hazlewood on 15 July 2020.{{cite web |title=Statement regarding the Consecration of The Revd Prebendary Will Hazlewood |url=http://www.forwardinfaith.com/fullposts.php?id=280 |website=Forward in Faith |access-date=13 July 2020 |date=13 July 2020}}
Banks is a member of the Council of Bishops of The Society.{{cite web|title=The Council of Bishops|url=http://www.sswsh.com/bishops.php|website=The Society|access-date=6 December 2015}}
In December 2023, it was announced that Banks would retire as Bishop of Richborough on Easter Sunday (31 March) 2024.{{cite web |website=Archbishop of Canterbury |title=Retirement announced of the Bishop of Richborough, Norman Banks |date=19 December 2023 |url=https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/news-and-statements/retirement-announced-bishop-richborough-right-reverend-norman-banks |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231221194250/https://www.archbishopofcanterbury.org/news/news-and-statements/retirement-announced-bishop-richborough-right-reverend-norman-banks |archive-date=21 December 2023 |access-date=31 December 2023 }}
Styles
- The Reverend Norman Banks (1982–2011)
- The Right Reverend Norman Banks (2011–present)
References
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Category:Alumni of Oriel College, Oxford
Category:Alumni of St Stephen's House, Oxford
Category:Honorary chaplains to the King
Category:Bishops of Richborough
Category:21st-century Church of England bishops