David Court

David Eric Court (born 16 October 1958) is a British Anglican retired bishop. He served as the Bishop suffragan of Grimsby in the Church of England Diocese of Lincoln from 2014 until his retirement in 2025. He twice served as acting Bishop of Lincoln between May 2019 and February 2021 and in 2023.

Early life Court was born on 16 October 1958 in Norwich, England. He was educated at a comprehensive school in Norwich. His doctoral thesis was titled "Some electrochemical studies in large molecules", and related to the medicinal opportunities of sugar. Having become a committed Christian while at university, he left teaching and entered Oak Hill Theological College, a conservative evangelical theological college in London. and ordained a priest the following Petertide (5 July 1992) by Bill Westwood, Bishop of Peterborough — both times at Peterborough Cathedral. Court served his title (curacy) in Barton Seagrave; from 1994 to 1997, he served a second curacy in Kinson before moving to become Vicar of Mile Cross, Norwich. He then moved to become Vicar of Cromer in 2003; while remaining in which post, he became Rural Dean of Repps and an honorary canon of Norwich Cathedral in 2010. He was also acting Bishop of Lincoln in 2023, during the interregnum, in succession to Stephen Conway who had been acting bishop since Lowson retired in December 2021.

On 3 February 2025, it was announced that Court would retire, resigning his See effective 31 July.

Views In reaction to the Living in Love and Faith process and the proposed introduction of the blessing of same-sex relationships, he stated: "I am hugely grateful to all those whose honesty and vulnerability have helped shape my own thinking on these issues of human identity and sexuality. I have had much to learn and have been changed."

Personal life Court is married to Ann, and they have three children.

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