Stephen Platten then pursued further religious studies at Trinity College, Oxford, receiving a Bachelor of Divinity degree.
10 Facts About Stephen Platten
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Bishop Stephen Platten was awarded an Honorary Doctorate of Letters from UEA in 2003 and an Hon.
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Stephen Platten was ordained a deacon in 1975 and entered the priesthood in 1976 in the diocese of Oxford.
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Stephen Platten served as a Canon Residentiary of Portsmouth Cathedral and the diocese of Portsmouth's Director of Ordinands, then the Archbishop of Canterbury's Secretary for Ecumenical Affairs.
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Between 1990 and 1995, Stephen Platten was Guestmaster of the Nikaean Club, a Lambeth Palace dining club with a focus on ecumenical hospitality by the Archbishop of Canterbury.
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Stephen Platten was introduced to the House of Lords on 22 June 2009, where he sat with fellow bishops as a Lord Spiritual.
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Stephen Platten stepped down from this rectory in 2016, retiring to live in Northumberland, and continues to serve as an Assistant Bishop in the dioceses of London, Southwark and Newcastle.
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Stephen Platten was elected a Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries in 2020.
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In 1972 Stephen Platten married Rosslie Thompson, whose work is devoted to children with special needs.
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Stephen Platten has recently been appointed as Chairman of the Church of England Liturgical Commission, which seeks to develop the worshipping life of the church.