Bishop of Penrith
James Newcome took which position from 2002 to 2009?
James Newcome James William Scobie Newcome , ( born 24 July 1953 ) is an English Anglican bishop and Lord Spiritual . Since 2009 , he has been the Bishop of Carlisle , the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Carlisle . He has been a member of the House of Lords as a Lord Spiritual since October 2013 . From 2002 to 2009 , he was the Bishop of Penrith , a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Carlisle . Early life . He was born in Aldershot , the son of an officer in the Royal Artillery . As a result of his fathers army postings , he spent time in Malta and Germany during his childhood . He then attended Marlborough College from 1966 to 1971 , where he was Senior Prefect , and worked for Community Service Volunteers in childrens homes in Nottinghamshire . In 1971 , he matriculated into Trinity College , Oxford to study modern history . He won the University of Oxford history of art prize in 1972 . He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts ( BA ) degree in 1974 ; his BA was promoted to Master of Arts ( MA Oxon ) degree in 1978 . He was commissioned as a second lieutenant on the General List of the Territorial Army on 23 May 1974 . He then spent a year working as an ambulance driver in Stevenage . He later resigned his TA commission on 8 July 1977 . From 1975 , he studied at the University of Cambridge , where he read theology at Selwyn College , Cambridge , whilst also preparing for ordination at Ridley Hall , Cambridge . He graduated Bachelor of Arts ( BA ) in 1977 ; this was promoted to Master of Arts ( MA Cantab ) in 1981 . Ordained ministry . Newcome was ordained a deacon at Michaelmas 1978 ( 24 September ) at St Marys , Watford and a priest the following Michaelmas ( 30 September 1979 ) at St Albans Cathedral – both times by Robert Runcie when he was Bishop of St Albans . His ordained ministry began as a curate at All Saints Leavesden in the Diocese of St Albans . He was ordained a priest in 1979 and remained at All Saints until 1982 . Newcome was then appointed Vicar of Bar Hill and Dry Drayton in the Diocese of Ely in 1982 . He also became a tutor and lecturer in Pastoral Theology , Ethics and Integrating Theology at the Cambridge Federation of Theological Colleges from 1983 to 1988 . He was Rural Dean of the North Stowe Deanery from 1988 to 1994 . In 1994 he was appointed a canon residentiary at Chester Cathedral also holding the Diocesan posts of Director of Ordinands from 1994 to 2000 and Director of Ministry , Education and Training from 1996 to 2002 . Episcopal ministry . In March 2002 , Newcome was appointed Bishop of Penrith , a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Carlisle ; he was consecrated a bishop at York Minster on 19 March 2002 . In May 2009 , he was announced as the next Bishop of Carlisle , the diocesan bishop of the Diocese of Carlisle . He was enthroned at Carlisle Cathedral on 10 October 2009 . On 3 October 2013 , Newcome joined the House of Lords as a Lord Spiritual . On 17 November 2014 , it was announced that Newcome had been appointed Clerk of the Closet . As such , he is head of the College of Chaplains of the Ecclesiastical Household and he undertakes a number of ceremonial roles such as presenting new diocesan bishops to the monarch . He is also a senior advisor to the sovereign on spiritual affairs . ( 2016 ) now chaplain to the Royal British Legion . Officiated at the 2016 , 2017 and 2018 Festival of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall . Personal life . Newcome married Alison , a health visitor , in 1977 , and they have four adult children . He is a keen amateur runner , squash player and hill walker , and also enjoys films and restoring furniture . He was a governor of St . Bees School which announced that , after 432 years , it was closing in March 2015 . It reopened in 2018 . In 2009 Newcome appeared on the television programme Help ! I Caught it Abroad with a tick , which he had acquired in a remote part of Argentina , attached to his leg . Styles . - The Reverend James Newcome ( 1978–1994 ) - The Reverend Canon James Newcome ( 1994–2002 ) - The Right Reverend James Newcome ( 2002–2013 ) - The Right Reverend James Newcome ( 2013–present )