Timothy William Ellis is the current suffragan Bishop of Grantham

Bishop of Grantham

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. He was educated at City Grammar School, Sheffield; King's College London

King's College London

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; St Augustine's College, Canterbury and York University. Ordained in 1977 he began his career with a curacy

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 in Manchester

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 at St John's Church, Old Trafford and was then successively Vicar

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 at Pendleton

Pendleton, Greater Manchester

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; Vicar of St Leonard, Norwood, Sheffield; Rural Dean

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 of Ecclesfield

Ecclesfield

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, also Canon

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 of Sheffield Cathedral

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, and finally (before his elevation to the Episcopate) Archdeacon of Stow and Lindsey in the Diocese of Lincoln

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.

A keen Sheffield Wednesday

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fan and occasional blogger. He is also believed to be the first Bishop to sport an earring.

Bishop Tim was the celebrant at the first U2charist in England and organised a national vigil before the first Gulf War. He is Chair of Involving Lincs, President of the Lincolnshire Rural Housing Association and Patron of Lincoln Mind. Bishop Ellis continues to serve on the Fabric Advisory Councils of York Minster and Sheffield Cathedral. and is a member of the Advisory Panel on the Archaeology of Christian Burials in England's Standing Committee, having been Vice-Chair of the Council for the Care of Churches.

Styles

• Tim Ellis Esq (1953–1976)
• The Revd Tim Ellis (1976–1994)
• The Revd Canon Tim Ellis (1994–1998)
• The Revd Canon Dr Tim Ellis (1998–2001)
• The Ven Dr Tim Ellis (2001–2006)
• The Rt Revd Dr Tim Ellis (2006—)