Richard Inwood

The Right Reverend

Richard Inwood
Bishop of Bedford
DioceseDiocese of St Albans
In office2003–31 March 2012 (retired)[1]
Other post(s)Archdeacon of Halifax (1995–2003)
Acting Bishop of Southwell & Nottingham (9 April 2014–8 April 2015)
Orders
Ordinationc. 1974-6[2]
Consecration7 March 2003
Personal details
Born(1946-03-04)4 March 1946
Died14 April 2019(2019-04-14) (aged 73)
NationalityBritish
DenominationAnglican
ResidenceDerby
SpouseLiz[2]
Children3 adult daughters[2]
Alma materUniversity College, Oxford

Richard Neil Inwood (4 March 1946 - 14 April 2019) was a Bishop suffragan of Bedford.

Inwood was born in Burton-on-Trent and studied chemistry at University College, Oxford and theology at the University of Nottingham.[3] Before his ordination, he spent a year teaching in north-west Uganda and worked as a research and development chemist with Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) in Manchester for nearly two years.[4] He served in Sheffield, London, Bath, and Yeovil before being appointment Archdeacon of Halifax in 1995.[5] He was consecrated a bishop by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury at Southwark Cathedral on 7 March 2003.

From 9 April 2014 to 8 April 2015, he was Acting Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham at the request of the Archbishop of York.[6] As acting bishop, Inwood attracted media attention in June 2014 for revoking the permission to officiate of a gay priest, Jeremy Pemberton, who had legally married his partner in spite of a pastoral statement issued by the church's bishops.[7] In August 2014, Pemberton had an offer of employment at Sherwood Forest Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust withdrawn following Inwood's refusal to grant the necessary license.[8]

Inwood was the co-author of Moved by Steam: Beside the tracks and on the trains 1962-67 with Mike Smith (Kettering, 2009 ISBN 978-1-85794-323-8). His wife, Liz, is a mathematics teacher and examiner.

Inwood died on 14 April 2019.[9]

  1. ^ Number 10 – Suffragan See of Bedford
  2. ^ a b c Diocese of St Albans — Bishop of Bedford Archived 2008-10-04 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Debrett's People of Today, London, 2008 ISBN 978-1-870520-95-9
  4. ^ Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
  5. ^ Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0).
  6. ^ "Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham - Bishop Richard Inwood Takes Temporary Charge"
  7. ^ BBC News, "Gay wedding canon faces service ban" (Accessed 22 June 2014)
  8. ^ "Bishop blocks gay chaplain's NHS job offer". HR Grapevine. 5 August 2014. Retrieved 27 October 2014.
  9. ^ "Bishop Richard Inwood RIP"