In office 2011–present Name Tim Dakin Denomination Anglican Predecessor Michael Scott-Joynt | Spouse Sally Consecration January 25, 2012 Children Anna and Johnny Diocese Diocese of Winchester | |
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Other posts Bishop for Higher and Further Education (2013–present)General Secretary, CMS (2000–2011) Ordination 1993 (deacon)1994 (priest) Born 6 February 1958 (age 66) Kongwa, Tanzania ( 1958-02-06 ) Alma mater King's College London, Christ Church, Oxford Similar Michael Scott Joynt, Stephen Than Myint Oo, Foley Beach | ||
Timothy John "Tim" Dakin (born 6 February 1958) is an Anglican bishop. He was the General Secretary of the Church Mission Society (CMS) and the South American Missionary Society (SAMS) prior to his Consecration. He has been the Bishop of Winchester since 2011 and is ex officio a Member of the House of Lords. He is additionally the Bishop for Higher and Further Education since 2013.
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Personal life
Timothy Dakin was born in Kongwa, Tanzania, where his parents were church missionaries working in Tanzania and Kenya. He attended kindergarten and primary school at St Mary's School, Nairobi, Kenya, but was otherwise educated in England, returning to work in East Africa as an adult. He is married to Sally and they have two children.
Career
Dakin studied for ordination at King's College London and was ordained deacon in 1993 and priest in 1994. His first appointment was as Principal of the Church Army training college in Nairobi, during which time he was also an assistant curate at All Saints' Cathedral, Nairobi. He took up his appointment as General Secretary of CMS in 2000. His appointment as Bishop of Winchester was announced on 6 September 2011 and he legally became bishop with the confirmation of his election on 20 December 2011, ahead of his 25 January consecration at St Paul's Cathedral. His installation at Winchester Cathedral was on 21 April and he was introduced in the House of Lords on 26 March. After John Taylor in 1974, he was only the second priest to be consecrated directly to the See of Winchester since 1595. In May 2013, Dakin was additionally appointed the Bishop for Higher and Further Education, a national spokesperson role.
As Bishop of Winchester, he is the visitor to five Oxford colleges including New College, Oxford, and St John's College, Oxford. He also holds ex officio the position of Prelate of the Order of the Garter.
In January 2014, it was announced that the Channel Islands would be temporarily removed from the oversight of the Bishop of Winchester for the first time for 500 years, after relations between Dakin and the Dean of Jersey broke down over the handling of alleged abuse.
Dakin is a committee member of the Evangelical Group of the General Synod of the Church of England. In March 2014, the group sent an email to its members about the introduction of same-sex marriage in England and Wales, saying that the committee members believed that "appropriate sacramental discipline should apply to those who choose to enter into any sexual relationship other than within marriage between a man and a woman".