Richard Crosbie Aitken Henderson is a clergyman who has served with the

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and the

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. Until 31 January 2011 he was Bishop of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry. Born on 27 March 1957, a son of Peter Henderson, Baron Henderson of Brompton he was educated at

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and

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, initially studying

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and earning a doctorate with a thesis on "The Genetics and Applications of Copper Resistance in Yeast"."Henderson Elected New Bishop"
''The Connaught Telegraph'', 26 November 1997. Accessed 9 March 2011. He was

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in 1987 and began his ecclesiastical career in the

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of Chinnor with Emmington. He moved to Ireland in 1989 and held incumbencies in the

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, including Rector of Abbeystrewry Union, Skibberreen. He was Dean of Ross from 1995 to 1998 when he was elected bishop of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry. In 2007 his wife Anita was received into the

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. In January 2011 he retired as bishop to return to parochial ministry in England, becoming Team Vicar in the Heart of Eden and an Honorary Assistant Bishop within the

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in March 2011.Bishop Richard Henderson to take up new post in England
''Church of Ireland website''. Retrieved 2 February 2011. On his election as bishop, it was reported that "Dean Henderson has a passion for working with his hands, mostly in woodwork and engineering metal work. He plays piano, organ and recorder, especially the music of J S Bach, reads English literature and a wide range of technical books, and enjoys gardening and building. He has taught music in Darjeeling, been an indoor plant decorator, a self-employed cabinet maker and biotechnology adviser to Andry Montgomery Ltd, which mounts trade exhibitions."From a 1997 Church of Ireland press release
quoted at Anglicans Online
Accessed 9 March 2011. He is married to Anita Whiting, with whom he has two daughters and a son.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Henderson, Richard 1957 births People educated at Westminster School, London Alumni of Magdalen College, Oxford Deans of Ross, Ireland 20th-century Anglican bishops in Ireland 21st-century Anglican bishops in Ireland Bishops of Tuam, Killala, and Achonry Living people