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Line 1: {{Multiple issues|{{unreliable sources|date=August 2024}} {{ '''Jonathan Clive Blake''' (born 1956)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iFpYhuH-n7Q</ref><ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=STVJxukhA3o&t=1211s</ref> is a British archbishop, activist and author most known for conducting the first gay wedding blessing on [[Richard and Judy]]'s prime time TV programme ''[[This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-02-14 |title=Richard and Judy screen gay wedding |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1170214.stm |access-date=2024-09-13 |language=en-GB}}</ref> conducting the wedding blessing for the late media personality, [[Jade Goody]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-03-10 |title=BEXLEY: Jade Goody's wedding day - how she went from 'ecstatic joy to tumbling tears' |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4188359.bexley-jade-goodys-wedding-day-how-she-went-from-ecstatic-joy-to-tumbling-tears/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=News Shopper |language=en}}</ref> campaigning for equal marriage,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JTWmXLxZCM |title=Gay Marriage Bishop Jonathan Blake BBC World News Today |date=2013-02-06 |last=Iain Baxter |access-date=2024-09-13 |via=YouTube}}</ref> becoming the "''country's first freelance vicar''" <ref>{{Cite web |date=1994-10-20 |title=Have dog collar, will travel: Counselling, dance workshops, conflict |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/have-dog-collar-will-travel-counselling-dance-workshops-conflict-resolution-arbitration-exorcism-jim-white-meets-the-country-s-first-freelance-vicar-1444165.html |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> celebrating sacramental services in people's homes and the community,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/services.htm |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref><ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10160083717947535&set=a.10150986251552535</ref> and conducting the first baptism on top of Mount Snowdon.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=10156911785707535&set=pb.585867534.-2207520000&type=3</ref> co-consecrating the first female bishops in England,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-02-03 |title=Elizabeth 1st female bishop |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/267799.elizabeth-1st-female-bishop/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=News Shopper |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Archbishop Jonathan Blake |url=https://bishopjonathanblake.blogspot.com/ |access-date=2024-08-23 |language=en}}</ref> [[Elizabeth Stuart (theologian)|Elizabeth Stuart]], in Scotland,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ3r4N0MHf0 |title=Bishop Jonathan Blake - CONSECRATION OF WOMAN BISHOP |date=2012-06-25 |last=Archbishop Jonathan Blake |access-date=2024-09-13 |via=YouTube}}</ref> in Northumbria, {{BLP sources|date=August 2024}}▼
▲'''Jonathan Clive Blake''' (born 1956)<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref> is a British archbishop, activist and author most known for conducting the first gay wedding blessing on [[Richard and Judy]]'s prime time TV programme ''[[This Morning (TV programme)|This Morning]]'',<ref>{{Cite news |date=2001-02-14 |title=Richard and Judy screen gay wedding |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1170214.stm |access-date=2024-09-13 |language=en-GB}}</ref> conducting the wedding blessing for the late media personality, [[Jade Goody]],<ref>{{Cite web |date=2009-03-10 |title=BEXLEY: Jade Goody's wedding day - how she went from 'ecstatic joy to tumbling tears' |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/4188359.bexley-jade-goodys-wedding-day-how-she-went-from-ecstatic-joy-to-tumbling-tears/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=News Shopper |language=en}}</ref> campaigning for equal marriage,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2JTWmXLxZCM |title=Gay Marriage Bishop Jonathan Blake BBC World News Today |date=2013-02-06 |last=Iain Baxter |access-date=2024-09-13 |via=YouTube}}</ref> becoming the "''country's first freelance vicar''" <ref>{{Cite web |date=1994-10-20 |title=Have dog collar, will travel: Counselling, dance workshops, conflict |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/life-style/have-dog-collar-will-travel-counselling-dance-workshops-conflict-resolution-arbitration-exorcism-jim-white-meets-the-country-s-first-freelance-vicar-1444165.html |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=The Independent |language=en}}</ref> celebrating sacramental services in people's homes and the community,<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/services.htm |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref> co-consecrating the first female bishops in England,<ref>{{Cite web |date=2003-02-03 |title=Elizabeth 1st female bishop |url=https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/267799.elizabeth-1st-female-bishop/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=News Shopper |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Archbishop Jonathan Blake |url=https://bishopjonathanblake.blogspot.com/ |access-date=2024-08-23 |language=en}}</ref> [[Elizabeth Stuart (theologian)|Elizabeth Stuart]], in Scotland,<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQ3r4N0MHf0 |title=Bishop Jonathan Blake - CONSECRATION OF WOMAN BISHOP |date=2012-06-25 |last=Archbishop Jonathan Blake |access-date=2024-09-13 |via=YouTube}}</ref> in Northumbria, <ref>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwQUZ4hSQs4</ref> and Wales,<ref>https://www.openepiscopalchurch.org/wales/bishop.html</ref> and offering the Mass to all by post. <ref>https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/belief/2009/jun/09/communion-wafer-post</ref> He has also attained 63,000 followers on [[TikTok]]<ref>{{Cite web |date=August 18, 2024 |title=www.tiktok.com |url=https://www.tiktok.com/@archbishopjonathanblake?lang=en |access-date=August 18, 2024 |website=[[TikTok]]}}</ref> as of July 2024. == Late priesthood and OEC history == Blake co-founded the [[Open Episcopal Church]] alongside Bishop Richard Palmer and Bishop Michael Wilson on the 10th November 2001.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-09-04 |title=Christian Open Episcopal Church comes to Cumbria for first time |url=https://www.newsandstar.co.uk/news/20894781.new-christian-church-set-st-bees-first-time/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=News and Star |language=en}}</ref> He had severed his denominational ties to the Church of England via effecting a Deed of relinquishment.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref><ref>https://www.5rb.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/10/Blake-v-ANL.pdf</ref> == Early life and education == Archbishop Jonathan Blake was born in 1956 and survived an air flight emergency during his childhood. He taught for one year before gaining his degree at Durham university in 1978. During his undergraduate days he established a shop selling goods from the poorer countries which became a successful aid project trading to this day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=O'Hara |first=Robert James (1959-) |title=St. John's College at the University of Durham |url=https://collegiateway.org/colleges/durham/st-johns/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=collegiateway.org |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-18 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref> == Personal life == Blake embarked on a hitchhiking journey to Calcutta, that saw him tear-gassed in Teheran and seized by machine gun-toting guards in Kabul.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref> He escaped an attempt on his life == Altruist acts == Blake volunteered as a [[Samaritans (charity)|Samaritan]], smuggled Bibles and goods to Christians behind the 'Iron Curtain' with the [[Release International|Christian Mission to the Communist World]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref> He worked with Mother Teresa's Missionaries of Charity in Calcutta, India, in the [[Kalighat Home for the Dying|Home for the Dying]] and in the slums.<ref>https://www.wob.com/en-gb/books/author/archbishop-jonathan-blake</ref> == Religious History == Blake was ordained a priest for the Church of England in 1982. He served within the Church of England for over eleven years.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Most Reverend Jonathan Clive Blake |url=https://www.bishopjonathanblake.com/about-jonathan-blake.htm |access-date=2024-08-23 |website=www.bishopjonathanblake.com}}</ref> == References == Line 24 ⟶ 22: {{Authority control}} ▲{{ {{DEFAULTSORT:Blake, Jonathan}} [[Category:1956 births]] [[Category:Living people]]
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