24 Facts About Lindsay Urwin

Lindsay Goodall Urwin OGS was born on 13 March 1956 and is an Australian Anglican bishop.

Lindsay Urwin was the administrator of the Anglican Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham from 2009 to 2015.

Lindsay Urwin's sister is Kate Prowd, who is a bishop in the Diocese of Melbourne; they are believed to be the only brother-sister bishops in the Anglican Communion.

Lindsay Urwin's brother is Michael Urwin, who was headmaster of Brighton Grammar School, an Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference independent school, from 1996 to 2013, and has been the registrar of the Diocese of Melbourne since 2019.

Lindsay Urwin began theological study at the Trinity College Theological School, Melbourne, in 1974 and was an ordination candidate for the Diocese of Melbourne.

In 1976, Lindsay Urwin moved to England where, following a short period living and working in London, he resumed studies in theology at Ripon College Cuddesdon.

Lindsay Urwin was made deacon at Petertide 1980 and ordained priest the Petertide following, both times by Ronnie Bowlby, Bishop of Southwark, at Southwark Cathedral.

Lindsay Urwin was a diocesan missioner in the Chichester diocese from 1988 to 1993 before being asked by the then Bishop of Chichester, Eric Kemp, to be the Bishop of Horsham in West Sussex in 1993 at the age of 37.

Lindsay Urwin was consecrated a bishop on 30 November 1993 by George Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.

Lindsay Urwin became a member of the Oratory of the Good Shepherd in 1991 and served as its United Kingdom provincial from 1996 to 2005.

On 14 August 2008 it was announced that Lindsay Urwin had accepted a new appointment as administrator of the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham.

Lindsay Urwin was the administrator of the shrine from early 2009 until early September 2015.

Lindsay Urwin is the Bishop for Schools in the diocese.

Lindsay Urwin has stated his personal position on homosexuality as follows:.

Lindsay Urwin made it clear that vacant parishes in his region in search of a new priest could not state a preference for a married priest and that he did not allow prurient questioning of candidates.

Lindsay Urwin said that he encouraged single clergy not to live alone but to form a household and develop Godly friendships.

Lindsay Urwin said that he knew the risks and the raised eyebrows this sometimes raised from his own experience as an unmarried priest and bishop.

Lindsay Urwin went on to say that in the experience of many single priests and bishops, some of whom who are of homosexual orientation, the embracing of celibacy either as a spiritual gift or in obedience to what the church asks of them, still does not seem to be enough.

Lindsay Urwin has a particular interest in youth ministry and has encouraged people to remember Jesus as an adolescent, "breaking voice, hormones and all".

Lindsay Urwin was co-presenter of the "Youthful Spirit" youth ministry presentation to the 1998 international Lambeth Conference of bishops with David Moxon.

Lindsay Urwin has argued for tolerance of conservative voices including those who oppose the ordination of women.

Lindsay Urwin was interviewed by Ali G on the 11 O'Clock Show.

Lindsay Urwin later said that he realised he was being set up before the end of the interview and used it to his advantage.

Lindsay Urwin has appeared on an episode of Gordon Ramsay's Kitchen Nightmares, where he was invited to attend dinner at a former chapel- converted restaurant, The Priory in Hayward's Heath.