Education
Firth was educated at Stockport Grammar School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
Firth was educated at Stockport Grammar School and Emmanuel College, Cambridge.
He was ordained in 1955 and was a curate at Street Stephen"s Barbourne. Following this he was priest in charge at the Church of the Ascension, Malvern and then Rector of Street George"s Gorton. From 1967 to 1983 he worked in various capacities for the Religious Broadcasting Unit at British Broadcasting Corporation South West.
He was ordained to the episcopate in 1983.
He retired in 1994 and is an honorary assistant bishop in the Diocese of Gloucester.