Graham Alan Cray (born 21 April 1947) is a retired British Anglican bishop. He was the Bishop of Maidstone in the Diocese of Canterbury from 2001 to 2009, and was the Archbishops' Missioner and Team Leader of Fresh Expressions from 2009 to 2014.Crockford's On-line Accessed 8 June 2008.
Early life and education Cray grew up without his mother Doris, who killed herself when he was 8 years old. Cray was educated (gaining a Bachelor of Arts), at Leeds University"Cray, Graham Alan", Who's Who 2012, A & C Black, 2012; online edition, Oxford University Press, December 2011 , accessed 9 July 2012 and St John's College, Nottingham.
Ordained ministry He began his ministry as a curate at St Mark's Church, Gillingham.Church website Cray later spent 14 years at St Michael-le-Belfrey in York (at first working with, and later succeeding, David Watson) before becoming Principal of Ridley Hall theological college in Cambridge.Debrett's People of Today London, Debrett's, 2008
Cray was consecrated a bishop in March 2001. He served as the Bishop of Maidstone, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Canterbury, between 2001 and 2009. In 2009, he was appointed to lead the Archbishops' (of Canterbury and of York) Fresh Expressions team.Daily Telegraph, p. 30, 17 November 2008. He retired from full-time ministry in 2014.'CRAY, Rt Rev. Graham Alan', Who's Who 2017, A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, Nov 2016 accessed 26 July 2017
He is the Chairman of Soul Survivor. In 2024 Cray was subject to disciplinary action for failing to pass on information regarding allegations against Mike Pilavachi.
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