Welcome
Welcome to the website of the Richborough Episcopal Area.
The Bishop of Richborough is a suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Canterbury in the Church of England. He has pastoral responsibility and sacramental ministry for those parishes in the eastern part of the Province of Canterbury which do not accept women's priestly ministry, and have petitioned their diocesan bishop under the provisions of the Act of Synod to be given extended episcopal care.
The present Bishop of Richborough is the Rt Revd Norman Banks, who was consecrated on 16th June 2011.
News
The consecration of Fr Norman Banks and Fr Jonathan Baker (the new Bishop of Ebbsfleet) took place at Southwark Cathedral on 16th June 201l. Further reports and photos to follow.
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The following announcment has been made regarding the appointment of Fr Norman Banks as the next Bishop of Richborough [More]
Former Bishop of Richborough, Fr Keith Newton, has been appointed first Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate established by Pope Benedict XVI [More]
The resignation of The Rt Revd Keith Newton as Bishop of Richborough took effect on 31st December 2010. [More]