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Paul Colton (William Paul Colton) was born on 13 March, 1960 in Londonderry, United Kingdom, is an Irish bishop. Discover Paul Colton's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 64 years old?
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William Paul Colton |
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64 years old |
| Zodiac Sign |
Pisces |
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13 March, 1960 |
| Birthday |
13 March |
| Birthplace |
Londonderry, United Kingdom |
| Nationality |
Ireland
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Paul Colton Height, Weight & Measurements
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He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.
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Paul Colton Net Worth
His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Paul Colton worth at the age of 64 years old? Paul Colton’s income source is mostly from being a successful . He is from Ireland. We have estimated Paul Colton's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.
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$1 Million - $5 Million |
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William Paul Colton (born 13 March 1960), known as Paul Colton, is an Irish Anglican bishop.
Paul Colton attended St Luke's National School, Douglas, Cork, Cork Grammar School and Ashton Comprehensive School, Cork, before being awarded a scholarship to the Lester B. Pearson United World College of the Pacific, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, where he completed the International Baccalaureate in 1978.
He studied law at University College, Cork (part of the National University of Ireland) and was the first graduate of the university to be elected to a bishopric in the Church of Ireland.
He studied theology at Trinity College Dublin.
In 1987 he completed the degree of Master in Philosophy (ecumenics) at Trinity College, Dublin, and a Master of Laws at Cardiff University in 2006.
His LLM thesis was on the subject of legal definitions of church membership.
Since 1999, he has served as Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross in the Church of Ireland.
He was consecrated bishop at Christ Church Cathedral, Dublin, on Thursday 25 March 1999—the Feast of the Annunciation.
He was enthroned in St. Fin Barre's Cathedral, Cork on 24 April 1999, in St Colman's Cathedral, Cloyne on 13 May 1999, and in St. Fachtna's Cathedral, Ross on 28 May 1999.
He officiated at the wedding of footballer David Beckham and Spice Girl Victoria Adams on 4 July 1999 at the medieval Luttrellstown Castle on the outskirts of Dublin.
He is married to Susan Colton, who was deputy principal of a primary school until her retirement in 2022 and they have two adult sons.
He was the first Church of Ireland bishop to openly support same-sex marriage.
He is involved in education debates and in charity work.
He chairs the board of directors of Saint Luke's Charity, Cork, which focuses on the elderly and dementia sufferers.
He is also chairman of the board of governors of Midleton College.
In 2013 he completed, and was conferred with, a PhD in law also at Cardiff University.
His academic areas of interest are: church law, the law of the Church of Ireland, law within Anglicanism, the interface between the laws of religious communities and the laws of States (particularly in Ireland and Europe), human rights, education law, and charity law.
In 2014 he was appointed as an honorary research fellow at Cardiff Law School of Cardiff University, and its Centre for Law and Religion.
At the episcopal ordination of Bishop Fintan Gavin as Catholic bishop of Cork and Ross in June 2019, Colton presented the crozier at Bishop Gavin's own request.
As of June 2020, Colton is the longest-serving bishop of Cork Cloyne and Ross since bishop William Lyon in 1617 and also the longest serving bishop still in office in the Anglican churches of Ireland, England, Scotland and Wales.
On 27 February 2022, Colton was the invited preacher at the Patronal Eucharist in Lichfield Cathedral, to mark the 1,350th anniversary of the death of Saint Chad.
Colton is the author of almost a dozen book chapters, mostly in the area of the interface between religion and law.
