Background
Thornton was born on 14 April 1957.
priest Bishop of Sherborne Bishop of Truro
Thornton was born on 14 April 1957.
He was educated at Devonport High School for Boys, an all-boys grammar school in Plymouth, Devon. He studied theology at the University of Southampton, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (Bachelor) degree in 1978. He later studied at King"s College London graduating with an Master of Arts in 1997.
He is the current Bishop of Truro, having previously been the area Bishop of Sherborne from 2001 to 2008. That year, he entered Street Stephen"s House, Oxford, an Anglo-Catholic theological college, to train for the priesthood. Ordained in 1980, he began his ministry with a curacy at Todmorden and then as priest-in-charge at Walsden.
He then became bishop"s chaplain to David Hope: successively in the Diocese of Wakefield and the Diocese of London.
From 1994 until 1998 he was Principal of the North Thames Ministerial Training Course. His final post before his ordination to the episcopate was as the vicar of Kensington.
Episcopal ministry In 2013, Thornton became eligible to join the Lords Spiritual in the House of Lords upon the retirement of Nigel McCulloch, the then Bishop of Manchester, as the next longest serving diocesan bishop. He officially became a Lord spiritual on 31 January 2013.
However, he did not take his seat until he was introduced to the House in April 2013.
Other work The Reverend Tim Thornton (1980–2001) The Right Reverend Tim Thornton (2001–present).
He has been a Member of the House of Lords since 2013.