Nick McKinnel


Nicholas McKinnel is an English Anglican bishop. He has been the Bishop of Plymouth, a suffragan bishopric in the Diocese of Exeter, since 2015. He was the suffragan Bishop of Crediton in the same diocese from 2012.

Early life

McKinnel was born on 19 August 1954. He studied at Queens' College, Cambridge, graduating Bachelor of Arts : this was later promoted to Master of Arts as per tradition. He then trained for ordination at Wycliffe Hall, Oxford, an evangelical theological college.

Ordained ministry

McKinnel was ordained in the Church of England in 1980. He served his curacy in the Diocese of London from 1980 to 1983. He served as a chaplain at the University of Liverpool from 1983 to 1987. From 1994 to 2012, he was Rector of the Minster Church of St Andrew, Plymouth. From 2002 to 2012, he was also a prebendary of Exeter Cathedral.
In October 2012, it was announced that McKinnel was to become the Bishop of Crediton. On 30 November 2012, he was consecrated as the eighth Bishop of Crediton by Rowan Williams, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Southwark Cathedral. This was the final consecration undertaken by Williams before he stood down as Archbishop of Canterbury.
In December 2014, it was announced that McKinnel would become the Bishop of Plymouth. He was duly translated on 19 April 2015.

Honours

McKinnel was awarded an honorary Doctorate of Theology from Plymouth University in 2013.

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