Paul Richardson is a former Anglican bishop

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Richardson was educated at Keswick School

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, The Queen's College, Oxford

The Queen's College, Oxford

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, Harvard Divinity School

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 and Cuddesdon Theological College

Ripon College Cuddesdon

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. He was ordained a priest in the Church of England

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 in 1973 and served first as a curate at St John’s Earlsfield

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, London

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. He was then the assistant chaplain in Oslo

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, Norway

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 and then a mission priest at Nambaiyfa in the highlands of Papua New Guinea

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 before becoming the principal of Newton Theological College, Popondetta

Popondetta

Popondetta is the capital of Oro Province in Papua New Guinea.In 1951 the town became the focus of relief efforts after nearby Mount Lamington erupted and killed 4,000 people....

 and then the dean of St John’s Cathedral, Port Moresby

Port Moresby

Port Moresby , or Pot Mosbi in Tok Pisin, is the capital and largest city of Papua New Guinea . It is located on the shores of the Gulf of Papua, on the southeastern coast of the island of New Guinea, which made it a prime objective for conquest by the Imperial Japanese forces during 1942–43...

. He was the Bishop of Aipo Rongo in the Anglican Church of Papua New Guinea

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 from 1987 to 1995 when he was translated to the Diocese of Wangaratta

Anglican Diocese of Wangaratta

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 in the Anglican Church of Australia

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. From 1998 to 16 January 2010 he was the Assistant Bishop of Newcastle

Assistant Bishop of Newcastle

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 in the Church of England

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. In 2010 he was received into the Roman Catholic Church. He has subsequently been reordained a Catholic priest.