It has been announced today that The Venerable Luke Irvine-Capel will be the next Bishop of Richborough.
Fr Luke is currently the Archdeacon of Chichester. He trained for ministry at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield. He served his title at Abertillery with Cwmtillery and Six Bells, Monmouth and, in 2000, was ordained Priest. In 2001 Luke was appointed Minor Canon at St Woolos Cathedral, Newport. From 2003 he served as Rector of St Dunstan with Holy Angels, Cranford, in the Diocese of London and, in 2008, was appointed Vicar of St Gabriel, Pimlico. From 2013 Luke served as Priest-in-Charge and then Rector of Christ Church, St Mary Magdalen and St Peter & St Paul, St Leonards on Sea in the Diocese of Chichester, serving in addition as Priest-in-Charge of St Clement and All Saints, Hastings. In 2019 he took up his current role as Archdeacon of Chichester.
On his appointment, Fr Luke said: “I am deeply humbled to have been called to serve as the next Bishop of Richborough. I am thankful for the prayers of everyone involved in the discernment and appointment process, and grateful for the hard work of all those who have served the See of Richborough so faithfully during the months since Bishop Norman’s retirement. I am aware of the very great trust that has been placed in me, and all that I must learn about this beautiful and diverse See. With the prayers and support of all the Richborough parishes, I will do my very best to be a worthy and diligent pastor to them, and to the wider Church.”
Details of the consecration of Fr Luke will be announced in due course.