Nicholas Chamberlain | |
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Bishop of Grantham | |
Church | Church of England |
Diocese | Lincoln |
In office | 2015–present |
Predecessor | Tim Ellis |
Other post(s) | Vicar of St George and St Hilda, Jesmond (2006–2015) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1991 (deacon) 1992 (priest) |
Consecration | 19 November 2015 by Justin Welby |
Personal details | |
Born | |
Denomination | Anglicanism |
Education | Christleton High School |
Alma mater | St Chad's College, Durham Edinburgh Theological College New College, Edinburgh |
Nicholas Alan "Nick" Chamberlain (born 25 November 1963) is a British Anglican bishop. On 19 November 2015, he became the suffragan Bishop of Grantham in the Diocese of Lincoln.[1] He had previously been vicar of the parish of St George and St Hilda, Jesmond, in the Diocese of Newcastle since 2006. Chamberlain was the first bishop in the Church of England to come out as gay on 2 September 2016.