enthroned predecessor religion title other_post nationality profession article_title birth_date spouse ordination diocese name church alma_mater
28 november 2010 paul richardson christian -lrb- anglican -rrb- assistant bishop of newcastle bishop of brixworth -lrb- 2002 -- 2010 -rrb- british formerly social worker frank white -lrb- bishop -rrb-
 26 may 1949 alison white 1980 diocese of newcastle frank white church of england university of wales
frank white -lrb- bishop -rrb-

frank white -lrb- born 26 may 1949 -rrb- is an english anglican bishop .
he is currently the assistant bishop of newcastle and acting bishop of newcastle in the church of england .
white was educated at university college cardiff , after which he was a social worker for nine years .
he was ordained in 1980 and was a curate at st nicholas ' church , durham and then hospital chaplain at the university hospital of north durham , vicar of birtley , rural dean of chester-le-street and archdeacon of sunderland before his ordination to the episcopate in 2002 as the bishop of brixworth in the diocese of peterborough .
for much of 2008 and 2009 he deputised for bishop ian cundy , the bishop of peterborough , before cundy 's death from cancer .
a keen ornithologist , he has strong views on why fewer and fewer anglicans regularly attend church .
he is a supporter of his hometown football team , newcastle united .
in may 2010 it was announced that white would become the assistant bishop of newcastle from 28 november 2010 .
