Nigel Mc Culloch - Bishop

Bishop

In 1986, McCulloch was appointed as the suffragan Bishop of Taunton in the Diocese of Bath and Wells. In 1992 he was translated to be the diocesan Bishop of Wakefield. He was appointed Lord High Almoner to The Queen in 1997 and took his seat in the House of Lords in 1997. He is also Chairman of the West Yorkshire Ecumenical Council and Chairman of the Police Standards Committee for West Yorkshire.

McCulloch is the National Chairman of the Council for Christians and Jews. He is also the Chairman of the Legislative Group charged with bringing proposals to the Church of England’s General Synod regarding women becoming bishops while also enabling those opposed to this to retain an honoured place within the church.

McCulloch was elected as Chair of the GM Faith & Community Leaders Group and also the elected representative of the Faith Communities on the Greater Manchester Forum. He has been active in the Scout Movement, latterly as a County Chairman in Somerset and County President in Yorkshire. He has recently been a member of the Select Committee reviewing the BBC Charter. Author of several books, a former columnist for The Times and a frequent broadcaster, he is the Church of England’s senior spokesman on communication issues. Since 2002 he has been the National Chaplain to the Royal British Legion.

His wife Celia is descended from 11 successive generations of Irish clergy. Their wedding in 1974 was featured on the John Betjeman documentary A Passion for Churches. On 28 June 2008 she became the first member of the Church of England to be ordained a priest by her own husband. They have two grown-up daughters, Kathleen and Lizzie.