Simon Barrington-Ward
KCMG (born 27 May 1930[1]) is a
Church of England bishop.
Barrington-Ward is the son of
Robert Barrington-Ward, who served as editor of
The Times, and Margaret Adele Barrington-Ward. He was educated at
Eton College[2] and
Magdalene College, Cambridge, from which he graduated
Bachelor of Arts and
Master of Arts. After service as a
Pilot Officer in the
Royal Air Force, he taught at
theological colleges before being
ordained.[3]
In 1985–97 he was the seventh
Bishop of Coventry.
Barrington-Ward is now a bishop with pastoral care of the
University of Cambridge, an honorary
assistant bishop in the
Diocese of Ely, honorary assistant
chaplain of Magdalene College where he has been an honorary
fellow since 1987,[5] and a chaplain to the staff of
Ridley Hall, Cambridge.
In the New Year Honours 2001 (published at the end of 2000) he was appointed a
Knight Commander of the Most Distinguished Order of St Michael and St George, having served as the
Prelate of that Order. Following the custom for clergy in the Church of England, he does not use the title of "Sir".