predecessor successor religion consecration children title other_post article_title parents term birth_date spouse ordination diocese name alma_mater
tony tremlett richard llewellin anglican 1976 2 daughters bishop of dover bishop of maidstone -lrb- 1976 -- 1980 -rrb- richard third
 henry mcphail & marjorie third 1980 -- 1992 29 september 1927 helen illingworth -lrb- m. 1966 -rrb- 1952 -lrb- deacon -rrb- ; 1953 -lrb- priest -rrb- diocese of canterbury richard third emmanuel college , cambridge
richard third

richard henry mcphail third -lrb- born 29 september 1927 -rrb- is a retired anglican bishop in the church of england .
third was educated at reigate grammar school and emmanuel college , cambridge before studying for ordination at lincoln theological college .
he began his ordained ministry as a curate at st andrew 's mottingham .
he was vicar of sheerness he was then the rural dean of orpington before his ordination to the episcopate as the bishop of maidstone in 1976 .
he was translated to be the bishop of dover in 1980 to assist robert runcie , the then archbishop of canterbury .
he retired in 1992 .
