James Newcome


James Newcome

Bishop Emeritus of Carlisle
Official portrait, 2022
ChurchChurch of England
DioceseDiocese of Carlisle
In office2009–2023
PredecessorGraham Dow
Other post(s)
Orders
Ordination24 September 1978 (deacon); 30 September 1979 (priest)
by Robert Runcie
Consecration19 March 2002
Personal details
Born (1953-07-24) 24 July 1953 (age 71)
Aldershot, Hampshire, England
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ResidenceBishop's House, Keswick[1]
Spouse
Alison Newcome
(m. 1977)
Children4
Occupationformer ambulance driver
Professionformer military officer
Alma materTrinity College, Oxford
Member of the House of Lords
Lord Spiritual
In office
3 October 2013 – 31 August 2023

James William Scobie Newcome KCVO DL (born 24 July 1953) is a retired English Anglican bishop and former Lord Spiritual. From 2009 until retirement, he was the Bishop of Carlisle, the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Carlisle; he was also a member of the House of Lords as a Lord Spiritual from October 2013. From 2002 to 2009, he was the Bishop of Penrith, the suffragan bishop in the same diocese.