David James Oakley (born 28 November 1955) is the Roman Catholic Bishop of Northampton.

[1] Born in Stourbridge on 28 November 1955, he was ordained as a priest on 5 July 1980 for the Archdiocese of Birmingham.

[1] From February 2013 to 2020, he served as Rector of St Mary's College, Oscott, the seminary of the Archdiocese of Birmingham.

[2] He was appointed the Bishop of the Diocese of Northampton by the Holy See on 8 January 2020.

[1] His consecration to the episcopate took place at Northampton Cathedral on 19 March 2020; the principal consecrator was Cardinal Vincent Nichols, Archbishop of Westminster.