Tim Dakin

The Right Reverend Tim Dakin
Bishop of Winchester
Diocese	Diocese of Winchester
In office	2011–present
Predecessor	Michael Scott-Joynt
Other posts	Bishop for Higher and Further Education (2013–present) General Secretary, CMS (2000–2011)
Orders
Ordination	1993 (deacon) 1994 (priest)
Consecration	25 January 2012 by Justin Welby
Personal details
Born	6 February 1958 Kongwa, Tanzania[1]
Denomination	Anglican
Spouse	Sally[2]
Children	Anna and Johnny[2]
Occupation	Missionary
Alma mater	King's College London Christ Church, Oxford

Timothy John "Tim" Dakin (born 6 February 1958) is an Anglican bishop. He was the General Secretary of the Church Missionary Society (CMS) and the South American Missionary Society (SAMS). He has been the Bishop of Winchester since 2011 and Bishop for Higher and Further Education since 2013.

Personal life

Timothy Dakin was born in Kongwa, Tanzania,^[1] where his parents were church missionaries working in Tanzania and Kenya. He attended kindergarten and primary school at St. Mary's School, Nairobi, Kenya, but was otherwise educated in England, returning to work in East Africa as an adult. He is married to Sally and has two children, Anna and Johnny.^[2]

Career

Dakin studied for ordination at King's College London and was ordained deacon in 1993 and priest in 1994.^[3] His first appointment was as Principal of the Church Army training college in Nairobi, during which time he was also an assistant curate at All Saints' Cathedral, Nairobi. He took up his appointment as General Secretary of CMS in 2000. His appointment as Bishop of Winchester was announced on 6 September 2011^[2] and he legally became bishop with the confirmation of his election on 20 December 2011,^[4] ahead of his 25 January consecration at St Paul's Cathedral. His installation at Winchester Cathedral was on 21 April and he was introduced in the House of Lords on 26 March.^[5] In May 2013, Dakin was additionally appointed the Bishop for Higher and Further Education, a national spokesperson role.^[6]

As Bishop of Winchester, he is the visitor to five Oxford colleges including New College, Oxford and St John's College, Oxford. He also holds the position of prelate of the Order of the Garter.

In January 2014, it was announced that the Channel Islands would be removed from the oversight of the Bishop of Winchester for the first time for 500 years, after relations between Dakin and the Dean of Jersey broke down over the handling of alleged abuse.^[7]

Dakin is a committee member of the Evangelical Group of the General Synod of the Church of England.^[8] In March 2014, the group sent an email to its members about the introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Wales, saying that the committee members believed that "appropriate sacramental discipline should apply to those who choose to enter into any sexual relationship other than within marriage between a man and a woman".^[9]

Styles

• Tim Dakin (1958–1993)
• The Reverend Tim Dakin (1993–2001)
• The Reverend Canon Tim Dakin (2001–2012)^[10]
• The Right Reverend Tim Dakin (2012–present)
• The Right Reverend The Lord Bishop of Winchester (2012–present)

References

1. Dakin, Timothy. Who's Who 2016 (November 2015 online ed.). A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc. Retrieved 16 December 2015.
2. Number 10 – Diocese of Winchester
3. See entry at Crockford Clerical Directory.
4. Diocese of Winchester – Bishop election confirmed (Accessed 15 July 2013)
5. "Future Business", House of Lords Business, 21 March 2012.
6. Church of England Higher Education Bulletin – May 2013
7. "Channel Island church in Winchester split". BBC News. 22 January 2014. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
8. "Evangelical Group of the General Synod website". Retrieved 10 March 2014.
9. . Thinking Anglicans http://www.thinkinganglicans.org.uk/archives/006482.html. Retrieved 10 March 2014. Missing or empty |title= (help)
10. Thinking Anglicans – Next Bishop of Winchester (Accessed 7 November 2015)