- Photos
- Works
- Photos
- Works
Ric Thorpe
Edit ProfileEducation
He was educated at Stowe School, an independent school in Stowe, Buckinghamshire. He studied chemical engineering at the University of Birmingham and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Bachelor of Science) degree in 1987.
Career
Since September 2015, he has been the Bishop of Islington, a suffragan bishopric in the Diocese of London, and the "bishop for church plants". From 2005 to 2015, he led Street Paul"s Church, Shadwell, first as priest-in-charge and from 2010 as rector. From 2012 to 2015, he was the Bishop of London"s Adviser for Church Planting.
His first career was as a marketing manager with Unilever.
From 1990 to 1992, Thorpe was a lay worship leader at Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) in the Diocese of London. In 1993, he entered Wycliffe Hall, an Evangelical Anglican theological college, to study theology and train for ordained ministry.
He began his ministry as a curate at Holy Trinity Brompton in the Diocese of London. After almost 10 years of ordained ministry, he was chosen to lead a church plant from HTB to Street Paul"s Church, Shadwell.
This involved moving 100 parishioners and a number of clergy from HTB to Street Paul"s to revitalise the flagging church.
He was appointed priest in charge of Street Paul"s with Street James, Ratcliffe, in 2005 and made rector in 2010. From 2010 to 2014, he was also priest in charge of All Hallows, Bow. In addition to Street Paul"s, Thorpe has been involved with a further four church plants.
Since 2012, he has been the Bishop of London"s Adviser for Church Planting.
He is a tutor in church planting at Street Mellitus College, an Anglican theological college, and leader of its church planting course. Episcopal ministry
In May 2015, it was announced that the See of Islington would be brought out of abeyance to create a "bishop for church plants".
On 9 July 2015, it was announced that Thorpe would be the next suffragan bishop of Islington. On 29 September 2015, he was consecrated a bishop by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Street Paul"s Cathedral.
