Richard Garrard (born 24 May 1937) was the seventh Suffragan Bishop of Penrith in the modern era. Garrard was educated at Northampton Grammar School and

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. Ordained in 1962, he began his career with a curacy in Woolwich and was then successively a

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at ''Keswick Hall College of Education'', principal of the

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at Southwark Cathedral, educational advisor to the Diocese of St Edmundsbury and Ipswich and finally (before his elevation to the episcopate) Archdeacon of Sudbury. From 2001 to 2003 he was the

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's representative to the Holy See and director of the Anglican Centre in Rome. A renowned author,His works include "Lent with St Mark", 1992; "A Time to Pray", 1993; and "Love on the Cross", 1995 British Library catalogue accessed Monday 11 August 2008 17:30 in retirement he continues to minister as an

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within the Diocese of Norwich.

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1937 births People educated at Northampton School for Boys Alumni of King's College London Associates of King's College London Bishops of Penrith 20th-century Church of England bishops 21st-century Church of England bishops Living people Archdeacons of Sudbury {{ChurchofEngland-bishop-stub