Malcolm Menin was Bishop of Knaresborough

Bishop of Knaresborough

The Bishop of Knaresborough is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, in the Province of York, England...

 from 1986 to 1997.

Menin was educated at the Dragon School

Dragon School

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 and University College, Oxford

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 before studying for ordination

Holy Orders

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 at Cuddeston College, Oxford

Ripon College Cuddesdon

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. After curacies

Curate

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 in Portsmouth

Portsmouth

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 and Fareham

Fareham

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 he was appointed vicar

Vicar

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 of St James's Norwich in 1962, an area which he was to be associated with for much of the rest of his life. He was also appointed as be Rural Dean

Rural Dean

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 of Norwich

Anglican Diocese of Norwich

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 in 1981.
In 1982 he was also appointed an honorary canon

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 of Norwich Cathedral

Norwich Cathedral

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 and then appointment as the suffragan Bishop of Knaresborough

Bishop of Knaresborough

The Bishop of Knaresborough is an episcopal title used by a suffragan bishop of the Church of England Diocese of Ripon and Leeds, in the Province of York, England...

in 1986. On retirement, he returned to Norwich where he remains active in church life.