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Rod Thomas (Roderick Charles Howell Thomas) was born on 7 August, 1954 in London, United Kingdom, is a Church of England bishop. Discover Rod Thomas'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 69 years old?

Popular As Roderick Charles Howell Thomas
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Age 69 years old
Zodiac Sign Leo
Born 7 August, 1954
Birthday 7 August
Birthplace London, United Kingdom
Nationality United Kingdom

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1954

Roderick Charles Howell Thomas (born 7 August 1954) is a retired Church of England bishop.

Thomas was born on 7 August 1954 in London, England.

He was educated in Ealing, West London.

1975

He studied economics at the London School of Economics, and graduated in 1975 with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree.

Having completed his degree, Thomas joined the Civil Service.

He left the Civil Service to become a researcher for the Institute of Directors.

1981

In 1981, Thomas married Lesley Easton.

They have three children: two sons and one daughter.

1991

He ended his business career as Director of Employment and Environmental Affairs at the Confederation of British Industry, before leaving in 1991 to train for ordained ministry.

His early years were spent as a member of the Exclusive Plymouth Brethren.

At the age of 12, under the influence of Billy Graham, John Stott and Maurice Wood, and having attended Emmanuel Church, Wimbledon, he became an Anglican.

In 1991, he entered Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, a Church of England theological college, to train for ordained ministry.

1993

Having completed his training, Thomas was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1993 and as a priest in 1994.

He served his curacy at St Andrew's Church, Plymouth.

1995

He remained at St Andrew's Church as a curate from 1995 to 1999.

1999

From 1999 to 2005, he was priest-in-charge of St Matthew's Church, Elburton.

2000

He was a member of the General Synod of the Church of England from 2000 to 2015.

2005

From 2005 to 2015, he was vicar of Elburton.

2006

In 2006, it was announced that Jeffrey John (Dean of St Albans) had entered into a civil partnership with his male partner.

Thomas replied to this news: "It is something that will only serve to deepen the crisis that the Church of England faces over the whole issue of human sexuality."

2007

He has been a member of the Reform organisation for nearly two decades, and its chairman from 2007 to 2015: Reform is a conservative evangelical Anglican organisation that opposes the ordination of women to the priesthood and promotes conservative attitudes to homosexuality.

2012

In 2012, he was additionally appointed a Prebendary of Exeter Cathedral.

Outside his parish ministry, Thomas Held a number of appointments.

2015

He was the Bishop of Maidstone, a provincial episcopal visitor for conservative evangelical members and parishes of the church, from 2015 until his retirement in 2022.

Up to 2015, he was a member of the executive committee of the Anglican Mission in England (AMiE), a missionary society set up by the Fellowship of Confessing Anglicans operating outside the Church of England.

On 5 May 2015, Thomas was announced as the next Bishop of Maidstone, a provincial episcopal visitor for conservative evangelical members and parishes of the church.

On 23 September 2015, he was consecrated a bishop at Canterbury Cathedral by Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury.

2016

By 19 December 2016, 71 parishes had passed resolutions for conservative evangelical reasons, of which 31 had requested Alternative Episcopal Oversight (AEO) from the Bishop of Maidstone.

He stated in December 2016: "I continue to believe that God's Word is clear that sexual intimacy should be experienced only within heterosexual marriage and not otherwise".

2018

By January 2018 there were 114 parishes with 53 receiving AEO, and by January 2019 there were 133 parishes with 63 receiving AEO.

Thomas is additionally an honorary assistant bishop in the dioceses of Birmingham, Bristol, Canterbury, Chelmsford, Chester, Ely, Exeter, Lichfield, London, Manchester, Norwich, Oxford, Rochester, Sheffield and Southwark.

Thomas additionally is recorded as exercising AEO in the dioceses of Carlisle, Derby and Portsmouth, but is not listed by Crockford's as exercising AEO in those dioceses.

In January 2022, it was announced that Thomas would retire as Bishops of Maidstone on 2 October 2022.

Thomas has been described as a complementarian evangelical and as a conservative evangelical.

He has expressed his support for the Nashville Statement, describing it as a "wonderfully clear statement about God's design for His creation insofar as it relates to marriage, sexual relationships and gender identity".