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'''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]]'' and ordaining the first female priest.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Archbishop Jonathan Blake |url=https://bishopjonathanblake.blogspot.com/ |access-date=2024-07-31 |language=en}}</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 |url-status=live |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 Richard Palmer on the 10th November 2001. He could do this after severing 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>▼

A lesbian from the north of England arranged to meet Blake after reading his book. She felt a call to the ministry but had been rebuffed by the church over her sexuality and was interested in independent [[Minister (Christianity)|ministry]]. Following the meeting Blake placed an advert in the ''[[Church Times]]'' inviting all those interested in such a ministry to a conference the following March. Over 100 people contacted him, among them Richard Palmer, who had been consecrated as a bishop of the [[Liberal Catholic Church]] in 1997, but had resigned in April 1999.

▲Blake co-founded the [[Open Episcopal Church]] alongside Richard Palmer on the 10th November 2001. He could do this after severing his denominational ties to the Church of England via effecting a Deed of relinquishment.

== Early life and education ==