Rt Revd Dr Richard Cheetham

Richard has had a deep interest in the relationship between science and religion since his teenage years. His first degree was in physics and philosophy, graduating in 1977 from Corpus Christi College, Oxford. He then taught physics in secondary schools for five years.

He trained for ministry in the Church of England at Ripon College, Cuddesdon and was ordained in 1987. He has served in different places as a curate, a vicar and area dean, an archdeacon, and from 2002 -22 he was Bishop of Kingston in the Diocese of Southwark. More widely he has been a co-chair of the Christian Muslim Forum and a member of the C of E’s national environment working group.

His main focus is now on the growing work on the relationship between science and religion. He is co-director for global engagement with Equipping Christian Leadership in an Age of Science (ECLAS) and a member of the Anglican Communion Science Commission (ACSC). He is also a Fellow of the International Society for Science and Religion, an Assistant Bishop in the Dioceses of Guildford and Southwark, and part of the clergy team at St Martin’s Church, Dorking.