Richard Frith

Frith was born into a clerical family on 8 April 1949; his father was Roger Cokayne Frith, sometime canon and Vicar of Feltwell.{{Crockford | forenames = Richard Michael Cockayne | surname = Frith | id = 32147 | accessed = 28 March 2018}} He was educated at Marlborough College[http://www.burkespeerage.com/FamilyHomepage.aspx?FID=5014 Burkes peerage] and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.{{Who's Who | title=Frith, Richard Michael Cockayne | id = U21150 | volume = 2017 | edition = November 2016 online | access-date = 28 June 2017 }} He undertook training for ministry at St John's College, Nottingham.

Frith was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1974 (6 October){{Church Times | title = Ordinations | archive = 1974_10_11_017 | issue = 5826 | date = 11 October 1974 | page = 17 | accessed = 28 June 2017 }} and ordained a priest the Michaelmas following (28 September 1975), both times by Mervyn Stockwood, Bishop of Southwark, at Southwark Cathedral.{{Church Times | title = Ordinations | archive = 1975_10_03_008 | issue = 5877 | date = 3 October 1975 | page = 8 | accessed = 28 June 2017 }} He began his ordained ministry as a curate in Mortlake, after which he was Vicar of Thamesmead. Following this he was Rector of Keynsham. Finally, before his ordination to the episcopate, he was the Archdeacon of Taunton from 1992.[https://web.archive.org/web/20130819213720/http://www.dioceseofyork.org.uk/diocesan-info/people/archbishops-staff/01242.html Diocese of York — Rt Revd Richard Frith]

Frith is also a trustee of maritime welfare charity the Mission to Seafarers.{{cite web|url=http://www.missiontoseafarers.org/index.php/media-centre/news/252/mts-trustee-richard-frith-appointed-bishop-of-Hereford|title=MtS Trustee Richard Frith appointed Bishop of Hereford|date=18 July 2014|access-date=19 July 2014}}

In January 1999, Frith became suffragan Bishop of Hull.{{cite web | url = http://staff.missiontoseafarers.org/uploads/pdfs/about-us/cv-frith.pdf | title = Profile - Richard Frith | publisher = The Mission to Seafarers | access-date = 2018-03-28 | quote = He was appointed Archdeacon of Taunton in 1992, before moving north in January 1999 to take up his current post as Suffragan Bishop of Hull.}} On 16 July 2014, it was announced that Frith was to become the next Bishop of Hereford.[http://hereford.anglican.org/news/1673/new-bishop-named-for-diocese-of-hereford.aspx Diocese of Hereford – New Bishop named for Diocese of Hereford] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160328011938/http://www.hereford.anglican.org/news/1673/new-bishop-named-for-diocese-of-hereford.aspx |date=2016-03-28 }} (Accessed 16 July 2014) His canonical election was confirmed on 17 October 2014[http://www.herefordcathedral.org/about-us/news/bishop-richard-frith-elected-as-105th-bishop-of-hereford Hereford Cathedral – Bishop Richard Frith elected as 105th bishop of Hereford] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141021124019/http://www.herefordcathedral.org/about-us/news/bishop-richard-frith-elected-as-105th-bishop-of-hereford |date=2014-10-21 }} (Accessed 27 September 2014) and he was installed 22 November 2014 in Hereford Cathedral.[http://hereford.anglican.org/churchwork/bishops_office/index.aspx Diocese of Hereford - Bishop's Office] His retirement has been announced, effective 30 November 2019.{{cite web| url = https://www.hereford.anglican.org/news/2019/01/07/bishop-hereford-announcement-7th-jan-2019/| url-status = dead| archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20190503191627/https://www.hereford.anglican.org/news/2019/01/07/bishop-hereford-announcement-7th-jan-2019/| archive-date = 2019-05-03| title = Diocese of Hereford - News - Bishop of Hereford Retirement}}

Frith is a supporter of introducing a blessing service to follow a civil same-sex marriage or civil partnership.{{cite web|last1=May|first1=Callum|title=Church to discuss same-sex blessing|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-41701458|website=BBC News|access-date=20 October 2017|date=20 October 2017}}

Frith was married first to Jill Richardson from 1975 until 2000, having four children, and remarried in 2006. His son, James, is the Labour MP for Bury North.{{cite news | last = James | first = Aaron | title = Bishop's son running for Parliament | publisher = Premier Christian Radio | date = 2015-04-27 | url = https://www.premierchristianradio.com/News/UK/Bishop-s-son-running-for-Parliament | access-date = 2019-05-29}}{{cite news | title = Labour's James Frith gains marginal Bury North from Conservatives | publisher = BBC News Online | date = 2017-06-09 | url = https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/av/election-2017-40217747/labour-s-james-frith-gains-marginal-bury-north-from-conservatives | access-date = 2019-05-29}}

• The Reverend Richard Frith (1974–1992)
• The Venerable Richard Frith (1992–1998)
• The Right Reverend Richard Frith (1998–present)

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Category:1949 births

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