Robert Ladds
| The Right Reverend Robert Ladds SSC |
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|---|---|
| Bishop of Whitby | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Province | York |
| Diocese | York |
| See | Whitby |
| In office | 1999–2008 |
| Predecessor | Gordon Bates |
| Successor | Martin Warner |
| Other posts | Honorary assistant bishop in London (2009–present) Archdeacon of Lancaster (1997–1999) |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 1980 (deacon) 1981 (priest) |
| Consecration | 29 September 1999[1] by David Hope |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 15 November 1941 |
| Denomination | Anglican |
| Parents | Sidney and Joan Cant |
| Spouse | Roberta Sparkes (m. 1964) |
| Children | 3 sons |
| Profession | Bishop (former chemist and schoolmaster) |
| Alma mater | Christ Church College Canterbury |
Robert Sidney Ladds SSC (born 15 November 1941) is an English Anglican bishop. From 1999 to 2008, he served as the Bishop of Whitby, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of York.[2]
Early life
Ladds was educated at Canterbury Christ Church University.[3] A keen gardener, he was a chemistry teacher at Borden Grammar School, Sittingbourne before being ordained.[3]
Ordained ministry
He began his ordained ministry in 1981[4] as a curate in Hythe, Kent[5] and was then successively chaplain to Stewart Cross (Bishop of Blackburn), Vicar of Bretherton, Rector of Preston and finally (before his ordination to the episcopate) Archdeacon of Lancaster (1997–1999).
He is the current Superior-General of the Society of Mary.[6]
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| Preceded by | Bishop of Whitby 1999–2008 |
Succeeded by Martin Warner |
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- ↑ Morning Calm, Newsheet of the Korean Mission Partnership – No. 24, January 2000 p. 2 (Accessed 26 April 2014)
- ↑ Crockfords Online – accessed 21 March 2008
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 ‘LADDS, Rt Rev. Robert Sidney’, Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 [1], accessed 8 July 2012
- ↑ Burke's Peerage Online
- ↑ Crockfords,(London, Church House 1995) ISBN 0-7151-8088-6
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