Martin Wharton
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John Martin Wharton known as Martin Wharton, (born 6 August 1944) is a British Anglican clergy and the current Bishop of Newcastle.
The son of John and Marjorie Wharton was educated at Ulverston Grammar School and Van Mildert College, Durham , where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in economics, politics, and sociology in 1969. He was further educated at Linacre College, Oxford, where Wharton received a Bachelor in theology and a Master of Arts in 1971, as well as at Ripon Hall, Oxford.
Wharton was curate of St Peter Spring Hill, Birmingham from 1972 to 1975, and of St John the Baptist, Croydon from 1975 to 1977. Between 1977 and 1983 he was Director of Pastoral Studies in the Ripon College Cuddesdon, Oxford and between 1983 and 1992 Director of Ministry and Training in the Diocese of Bradford and Residentiary Canon of Bradford Cathedral. In 1992, Wharton became Bishop of Kingston-upon-Thames, and held this post until 1997, when he was appointed 11th Bishop of Newcastle.
Wharton is a trustee of St Hilda's Trust, of the Northumbria Historic Churches Trust and The Hild Bede Trust. He is also trustee of the Shepherds Law Hermitage Trust and the Newcastle Diocesan Society.
Since 1970, he has been married to Marlene Olive Duckett, they have one daughter and two sons.
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- DodOnline. Retrieved on November 25, 2006.
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