{{Short description|British Anglican bishop}} {{similar names|Nicholas Reid (disambiguation)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox Christian leader | honorific-prefix = The Right Reverend | name = Nicholas Reade | honorific-suffix = | image = 2014 National Pilgrimage to Walsingham (14300312683) (Nicholas Reade cropped).jpg | caption = Bishop Reade in 2014 | title =Bishop of Blackburn | church = Church of England | diocese = Diocese of Blackburn | province = Province of York | enthroned = 27 March 2004 | term_end = 31 October 2012 | predecessor = Alan Chesters | successor = Julian Henderson | ordination = 1973 (deacon)<br />1974 (priest) | consecration = 2 March 2004 | consecrated_by = David Hope | other_post = Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings (1997–2004) <!---------- Personal details ----------> | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|12|9|df=y}} | religion = Anglican | spouse = Christine | children = One | alma_mater = University of Leeds | module = {{Infobox officeholder | embed = yes | office = Member of the House of Lords | status = Lord Spiritual | term_label = Bishop of Blackburn | term_start = 22 October 2009 | term_end = 31 October 2012 }} }} '''Nicholas Stewart Reade''' (born 9 December 1946) is a retired British Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Blackburn in the Province of York<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20080909080703/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page4310 Official announcement]</ref> from 2004 to 2012.
==Early life and education== Reade was born on 9 December 1946.<ref name=whoswho>Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black {{ISBN|978-0-7136-8555-8}}</ref> He was educated at Elizabeth College, Guernsey and the University of Leeds. He has completed a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and a diploma in theology (DipTH).<ref name="cofe">{{Cite web |url=http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/bishopsinlords/bishopofblackburn/ |title=Church of England — Bishop of Blackburn |access-date=2010-06-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100623012645/http://www.cofe.anglican.org/about/bishopsinlords/bishopofblackburn |archive-date=2010-06-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
==Ordained ministry== He was ordained in 1973, after studying at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield.<ref>Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 Lambeth, Church House Publishing {{ISBN|978-0-7151-1030-0}}</ref> He began his ordained ministry with a curacy at St Chad's Coseley.<ref>[http://www.stchadscoseley.co.uk/ St Chad's Coseley website]</ref> He was then appointed priest in charge of Holy Cross Bilbrook and then the vicar of St Peter's Upper Gornal.
From 1982 to 1988, he was vicar of the Church of St. Dunstan, Mayfield and Rural Dean of Dallington.<ref name=whoswho /> From 1988 to 1997, he was Rural Dean of Eastbourne. He was Canon and Prebendary of Chichester Cathedral between 1990 and 1997. He became the Archdeacon of Lewes & Hastings in 1997.
===Episcopal ministry=== He was ordained to the episcopate on 2 March 2004,<ref>[http://www.anglicancommunion.org/tour/diocese.cfm?Idind=131 Anglican Communion]</ref><ref>[http://www.london.anglican.org/PrayerCycle2004Mar Diocese of London — Cycle of Prayer for March 2004]</ref> and installation as Bishop of Blackburn at Blackburn Cathedral on 27 March 2004.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/3573367.stm BBC News — Diocese welcomes its new bishop]</ref> He had been announced as the new bishop in August 2003.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/lancashire/3122391.stm|title=New bishop announced|publisher=news.bbc.co.uk|date=4 August 2003|access-date=23 March 2019}}</ref>
Reade ordained men and women as deacons, but did not ordain women as priests or bishops.<ref>{{cite web |title=New Bishop of Blackburn 'must ordain women' |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-21160741 |website=BBC News |access-date=7 March 2021 |date=23 January 2013}}</ref> He is a member of The Society, a traditionalist Anglo-Catholic society of the Church of England.<ref>{{cite web |title=The Right Revd Nicholas Reade |url=https://www.sswsh.com/bishop-info.php?id=The%20Right%20Revd%20Nicholas%20Reade |website=The Society |publisher=Forward in Faith |access-date=7 March 2021}}</ref>
In February 2012, the diocese announced that Reade was to retire on 31 October 2012.<ref>[http://www.blackburn.anglican.org/news_more.asp?news_id=668 Diocese of Blackburn – Bishop of Blackburn Announces Retirement]. Blackburn.anglican.org. Retrieved on 29 February 2012.</ref> In his retirement, he was licensed in mid-2013 as an honorary assistant bishop of the Diocese in Europe.<ref>{{Church Times | title = Gazette: appointments | archive = 2013_07_19_030 | issue = 7844 | date = 19 July 2013 | page = 30 | accessed = 13 February 2021 }}</ref>
==Personal life== Reade is married to Christine,<ref name="pr">[http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20091112150945/http://www.number10.gov.uk/Page4310 Number 10 — See of Blackburn (National Archives)]</ref> with one adult daughter.<ref>Debrett's People of Today London, 2008 Debrett's, {{ISBN|978-1-870520-95-9}}</ref>
==Styles== * Nicholas Reade Esq (1946–1973) * The Revd Nicholas Reade (1973–1997) * The Ven Nicholas Reade (1997–2004) * The Rt Revd Nicholas Reade (2004–present)
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