Editing David Jenkins (bishop) (section)

==Ordained ministry==
Jenkins trained for ordination at [[Lincoln Theological College]]. He was [[ordained]] in the [[Church of England]] as a [[Deacon#Anglicanism|deacon]] in 1953, and as a [[Priest#Anglican or Episcopalian|priest]] in 1954 by the [[Bishop of Birmingham]]. He served as curate at [[St Philip's Cathedral, Birmingham]].<ref name=crockford>{{cite book|title=Crockford's Clerical Directory, 2010–2011|year=2009 |publisher=Oxford University Press|page=527|isbn=978-0-7151-1042-3}}</ref>

He was chaplain and [[Fellow (Oxbridge)|Fellow]] of [[Queen's College, Oxford]] (1954–1969), and a [[lecturer]] in theology at the [[University of Oxford]] (1955–1969). He also worked for the [[World Council of Churches]] and the [[William Temple (archbishop)|William Temple]] Foundation. He was appointed Professor of Theology at the [[University of Leeds]] in 1979, and was made [[Emeritus Professor]] when he left Leeds in 1984.<ref>[http://www.leeds.ac.uk/calendar/emeritus.htm University of Leeds, List of Emeritus Professors] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926134723/http://www.leeds.ac.uk/calendar/emeritus.htm |date=26 September 2012 }}</ref> In addition to his teaching appointments Jenkins had been Examining Chaplain to the Bishops of [[Bishop of Lichfield|Lichfield]] (1956–69), [[Bishop of Newcastle (England)|Newcastle upon Tyne]] (1957–69), [[Bishop of Bristol|Bristol]] (1958–84), [[Bishop of Wakefield (diocese)|Wakefield]] (1978–84) and [[Bishop of Bradford (diocese)|Bradford]] (1979–84).<ref name=whoswho />