Background
Chillingworth was born in Dublin in 1951 but grew up in Northern Ireland.
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David Chillingworth
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He studied classics at Trinity College, Dublin, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Bachelor) degree in 1973. He then studied theology at Oriel College, Oxford, and graduated from the University of Oxford with a Bachelor degree in 1975.
Career
That year, he entered Ripon College Cuddesdon, an Anglican theological college, to undertake one year of training for ordained ministry. His parish ministry was consistently focused on issues of conflict and reconciliation, particularly in relation to sectarianism. Before moving to Scotland in 2005 he was the rector for 19 years of Seagoe Parish Church in Portadown and Archdeacon of Dromore and from 1995 to 2002 the Dean of Dromore.
Episcopal ministry
On 5 March 2005, Chillinworth was consecrated as a bishop at Street Ninian"s Cathedral, Perth.
He had never previously worked in Scotland and had lived most of his life in Northern Ireland.
