Province Wales Ordination 1984 Installed 2013 Name Richard Pain Consecration 2013 | Birth name Richard Edward Pain Nationality British Predecessor Dominic Walker | |
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Born 21 September 1956 (age 68) ( 1956-09-21 ) Alma mater University of Bristol, Cardiff University | ||
Interview with Bishop Richard launching Monmouth 2020
Richard Edward Pain (born 21 September 1956) is an Anglican bishop. In 2013 he became Bishop of Monmouth.
Contents
- Interview with Bishop Richard launching Monmouth 2020
- Early life
- Religious career
- Personal life
- References
Early life
Pain was born on 21 September 1956. He completed degrees at Bristol University and Cardiff University. He trained for ordination at St Michael's College, Llandaff.
Religious career
Pain served his curacy in Caldicot, Monmouthshire. He was then Curate in Charge then vicar of Cwmtillery and Six Bells before moving to Risca, and finally to Monmouth. He served as Archdeacon of Monmouth from 2008 to 2013.
He was elected Bishop of Monmouth on 23 July 2013. Having accepted the position, he was consecrated on 21 September at Llandaff Cathedral and enthroned at Newport Cathedral on 18 October. He is the 10th Bishop of Monmouth.
Personal life
Pain is married. He and his wife Juliet have had three children together; two sons, Jonathan and Christopher, and a daughter, Amy. Their daughter died in 2008 from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs. She was 22. Pain is also a Freemason.