{"id":113621,"date":"2022-07-06T08:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-07-06T12:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=113621"},"modified":"2022-07-06T07:09:03","modified_gmt":"2022-07-06T11:09:03","slug":"james-grier-has-been-appointed-as-the-new-bishop-of-plymouth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=113621","title":{"rendered":"James Grier has been appointed as the new Bishop of Plymouth"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James, 47, is currently the Mission Enabler for the Diocese of Exeter and has a broad range of urban and rural ministry experience, with a particular focus on youth and pastoral care as well as mission.<\/p>\n<p>He is married to Dr Liz Grier, an academic and musician who is currently training for ordination herself. The couple have two sons, aged 18 and 20.<\/p>\n<p>The Bishop of Exeter, the Rt Rev\u2019d Robert Atwell, said \u201cJames Grier brings a combination of energy, life and love for people to his work which will stand him in good stead as the next Bishop of Plymouth. He is a real \u2018can do\u2019 person. Born in Plymouth, he knows and loves Devon and will serve its communities with joy.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>James succeeds the Rt Rev\u2019d Nick McKinnel, who is retiring as Bishop of Plymouth after 42 years of ordained ministry.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/exeter.anglican.org\/new-bishop-of-plymouth-is-coming-home\/\">Read it all<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DowningStreet?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DowningStreet<\/a> has announced today that the Rev\u2019d Prebendary James Grier will be the new <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bishop?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bishop<\/a> of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Plymouth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Plymouth<\/a> in the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CofEDevon?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CofEDevon<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/churchofengland?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@churchofengland<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8CE5UIPAcn\">pic.twitter.com\/8CE5UIPAcn<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Diocese of Exeter (@CofEDevon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CofEDevon\/status\/1544607088948744194?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 6, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>James, 47, is currently the Mission Enabler for the Diocese of Exeter and has a broad range of urban and rural ministry experience, with a particular focus on youth and pastoral care as well as mission. He is married to<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/?p=113621\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":794,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[389,635],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113621","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-church-of-england-coe","category-coe-bishops"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113621","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/794"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=113621"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113621\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113627,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113621\/revisions\/113627"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=113621"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=113621"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kendallharmon.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=113621"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}