Kenneth Newing

Kenneth Albert Newing OSB (29 August 1923 – 15 May 2019) was the Anglican Bishop of Plymouth from 1982[1] to 1988.

The Rt Revd Dom Kenneth Newing MA(Cantab) OSB
Bishop of Plymouth
Diocese	Diocese of Exeter
In office	1982–1988
Predecessor	Richard Cartwright
Successor	Richard Hawkins
Other posts	Archdeacon of Plymouth (1978–1982)
Orders
Ordination	1955 (deacon); 1956 (priest)
Consecration	1982
Personal details
Born	29 August 1923
Died	15 May 2019 (aged 95)
Denomination	Anglican
Residence	Salisbury Priory, Wiltshire
Parents	Albert & Nellie
Profession	Monk
Alma mater	Selwyn College, Cambridge

Newing was educated at Dover Grammar School for Boys[2] and Selwyn College, Cambridge. After a period of study at The College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, he was made a deacon at Michaelmas 1955 (2 October), by Robert Mortimer, Bishop of Exeter, at Exeter Cathedral,[3] ordained priest in 1956, and began his career with a curacy at Plymstock followed by a long period as Rector of Plympton St Maurice.[4] In 1978 he became the Archdeacon of Plymouth and four years later Bishop suffragan of Plymouth. He was consecrated a bishop on 2 February 1982, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Westminster Abbey.[5] On resigning from the episcopate he joined the Anglican Benedictine community at Elmore Abbey (now based in Salisbury). Newing died in May 2019 at the age of 95.[6]

References

1. The Times, Wednesday, Nov 25, 1981; pg. 14; Issue 61091; col E Church news New Suffragan Bishop of Plymouth
2. Who's Who 2008: London, A & C Black, 2008 ISBN 978-0-7136-8555-8
3. "Michaelmas Ordinations". Church Times (#4). 7 October 1955. p. 12. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
4. Crockford's Clerical Directory 2008/2009 (100th edition), Church House Publishing (ISBN 978-0-7151-1030-0).
5. "picture caption". Church Times (#6208). 5 February 1982. p. 1. ISSN 0009-658X. Retrieved 13 June 2019 – via UK Press Online archives.
6. The Catholic Church of the Holy Angels: Latest Mass Information