Birth name David Wilbourne Consecration April 4, 2009 Name David Wilbourne | Denomination Anglican Nationality British Diocese Diocese of Llandaff | |
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Other posts Canon and Prebendary York Minster (2008-2009)
Vicar of Helmsley (1997–2009)
Chaplain to Archbishop of York and Director of Ordinands (1991-1997)
Rector of Monk Fryston and South Milford (1985-1991)
Curate of Stainton-in-Cleveland (1981-1985) Ordination 1981 (deacon)
1982 (priest) Alma mater Jesus College, Cambridge, Westcott House, Cambridge Books The Helmsley Chronicles, A Vicar's Diary, A summer's diary, A Virgin's Diary, Archbishop's Diary | ||
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David Wilbourne (born 1955) is an Anglican bishop in the Church in Wales. The son of a priest, he has spent the majority of his ministry in Yorkshire. He was appointed the Assistant Bishop of Llandaff in 2009, working alongside the Archbishop of Wales in Cardiff and surrounding areas.
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Early life and education
David Wilbourne was born in 1955 in Derbyshire, schooled in Yorkshire, studied Natural Sciences and Theology at Jesus College, Cambridge and trained for ordination at Westcott House, Cambridge. Prior to ordination, David worked for Barclays Bank in central Hull for six years and taught Greek and New Testament Studies as a University Supervisor.
Ministry
He returned to Yorkshire as a priest, ministering first in urban Middlesbrough, then in a shadow-urban parish north of Pontefract. He then moved on to be the Archbishop of York's chaplain, working with John Habgood for four years prior to his retirement and then continuing to work with his successor, David Hope. He was also Director of Ordinands, selecting women and men for the ordained ministry and taking them through training to their first post. In September 1997 he moved from Bishopthorpe to be Vicar of Helmsley, a moorland market town in North Yorkshire, which has now become a minister church serving eight other churches. Archbishop John Sentamu collated him as a non-residentiary canon of York Minister in 2008. During his time in Helmsley, he was also Chair of Governors of both Helmsley Primary School and Ryedale Comprehensive School, and a consultant to Archbishop Sentamu.
In 2009 he was consecrated Assistant Bishop of Llandaff. David works with the Archbishop of Wales serving a diocese which runs from Cardiff to the outskirts of Swansea and from the Vale of Glamorgan to the Heads of the Valleys. In 2010, 2011 and 2013 he led a fifteen part Lent course across the diocese including teaching and questions. He has also acted as Continuing Ministerial Development Officer, Initial Ministerial Education Officer and Director of Ordinands over a 30-month period. In 2012 he called on each of the Diocese's 225 serving clergy with the gift of a Lent book, making 70 of the calls on his bicycle.
Publications
Archbishop’s Diary (SPCK 1995)
A Vicar’s Diary (HarperCollins 1998 and 1999)
A Virgin’s Diary (SPCK 1999)
A Summer’s Diary (Harper Collins 2001, Zondervan 2002) Sequel to A Vicar’s Diary
You were made for me (SPCK 2001)
Church Times Diary column 1996 – 2008
The Tablet (12 July 2008) "Radicals, Reaction and Evolution"
The Spectator (Christmas 2008) "God rest ye merry capitalists"
Church Times Reviewer 1998 – present.
Helmsley Chronicles (DLT 2012)
Christmas Message 2012
Expecting Christ (York Courses 2013)
Jesus: the voice that makes us turn (York Courses 2014)
Shepherd of Another Flock (Pan Macmillan 2017)