Background
Frith was born into a clerical family on 8 April 1949. His father was Roger Cokayne Frith, sometime canon and Vicar of Feltwell.
priest Bishop of Hereford Bishop of Hull
Frith was born into a clerical family on 8 April 1949. His father was Roger Cokayne Frith, sometime canon and Vicar of Feltwell.
He was educated at Marlborough College and Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge.
He is the current Bishop of Hereford and a former Bishop of Hull. He undertook training for ministry at Street John"s College, Nottingham. Frith was ordained a deacon in 1974 and a priest in 1975.
He began his ordained ministry as a curate in Mortlake, after which he was Vicar of Thamesmead.
Following this he was Rector of Keynsham. Finally, before his ordination to the episcopate, he was the Archdeacon of Taunton from 1992.
Frith is also a trustee of maritime welfare charity the Mission to Seafarers. On 16 July 2014, it was announced that Frith was to become the next Bishop of Hereford.
His canonical election was confirmed on 17 October 2014 and he was installed 22 November 2014 in Hereford Cathedral.
The Reverend Richard Frith (1974–1992)
The Venerable Richard Frith (1992–1998)
The Right Reverend Richard Frith (1998–present).