Malcolm Macnaughton (bishop)

Macnaughton, Bishop of Repton

Macnaughton was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1981 and as a priest in 1982.[1] He served his curacy at St Andrew's Church, Haughton-le-Skerne in the Diocese of Durham from 1981 to 1985.[1] He then spent five years as priest-in-charge of All Saints Church, Newton Hall in the same diocese: this church is an Anglican-Methodist local ecumenical partnership.[2] In 1990, he moved to the Diocese of London, where he became team vicar of St. Leonard's, Shoreditch and St. John the Baptist, Hoxton.[3] He was additionally area dean of Hackney from 1994 to 1999.[1] After a parish reorganisation, he was vicar of St. John the Baptist, Hoxton from 2000 to 2002.[1]

In 2002, Macnaughton moved to the Diocese of Oxford to become Team Rector of the Hambleden Valley Group, a multi-church benefice.[3] He additionally became area dean of Wycombe in 2005. Then, from 2007 until his appointment as a bishop, he served as Chief of Staff to the Archbishop of York: first to John Sentamu then to Stephen Cottrell.[1][2][3][4][5] He was made a canon and prebendary of York Minster in 2016.[1]