Kenneth Newing
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Kenneth Albert Newing OSB (29 August 1923 – 15 May 2019) was the Anglican Bishop of Plymouth from 1982[1] to 1988.
Kenneth Newing | |
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Bishop of Plymouth | |
Diocese | Diocese of Exeter |
In office | 1982–1988 |
Predecessor | Richard Cartwright |
Successor | Richard Hawkins |
Other post(s) | Archdeacon of Plymouth (1978–1982) |
Orders | |
Ordination | 1955 (deacon); 1956 (priest) |
Consecration | 1982 |
Personal details | |
Born | (1923-08-29)29 August 1923 |
Died | 15 May 2019(2019-05-15) (aged 95) |
Denomination | Anglican |
Residence | Salisbury Priory, Wiltshire |
Parents | Albert & Nellie |
Profession | Monk |
Alma mater | Selwyn College, Cambridge |
Newing was educated at Dover Grammar School for Boys[2] and Selwyn College, Cambridge. After a period of study at The College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, he was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1955 (2 October), by Robert Mortimer, Bishop of Exeter, at Exeter Cathedral,[3] ordained priest in 1956, and began his career with a curacy at Plymstock followed by a long period as Rector of Plympton St Maurice.[4] In 1978 he became the Archdeacon of Plymouth and four years later Bishop suffragan of Plymouth. He was consecrated a bishop on 2 February 1982, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[5] On resigning from the episcopate he joined the Anglican Benedictine community at Elmore Abbey (now based in Salisbury). Newing died in May 2019 at the age of 95.[6]