Michael John Colclough was born on 29 December 1944 and is a British retired Anglican bishop.
14 Facts About Michael Colclough
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Michael Colclough served as area Bishop of Kensington in the Diocese of London then canon pastor of St Paul's Cathedral, London.
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Michael Colclough was educated at Stanfield Technical High School, a technical school in Burslem, Staffordshire, where he was head boy in 1963.
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Michael Colclough studied at the University of Leeds, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1969.
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Michael Colclough was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1971 and as a priest in 1972.
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Michael Colclough moved to the Diocese of London in 1975, serving a second curacy at St Mary in South Ruislip before becoming Priest-in-Charge of St Anselm in Hayes.
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Michael Colclough was later appointed Area Dean of Hillingdon and Team Rector of Uxbridge.
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In 1994, Michael Colclough became archdeacon at London House and personal assistant to the Bishop of London.
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Michael Colclough was consecrated area Bishop of Kensington on 24 September 1996 at St Paul's Cathedral.
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Michael Colclough is vice-president of the Christian Children's Fund of Great Britain - a post he has held since 1998 - and he became patron of the Micro Loan Foundation in 1999.
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Michael Colclough has been chairman of the London Diocesan Communications Group, dean of University Chaplains and chairman of the Industrial Mission Team.
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Michael Colclough was appointed a canon residentiary of St Paul's Cathedral in 2008.
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Michael Colclough brings many gifts and great experience in ministry.
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Michael Colclough is the bishop in residence and an honorary assistant priest at St Paul's Church, Knightsbridge.