Nigel McCulloch

Nigel Simeon McCulloch, KCVO (born 17 January 1942) is an Anglican cleric who held high offices from 1978 until he retired as Bishop of Manchester in 2013.

[3] He was ordained and consecrated a bishop (thereby taking up his suffragan See) on 29 January 1986, by Robert Runcie, Archbishop of Canterbury, at Gloucester Cathedral.

[1] Author of several books, a former columnist for The Times and a frequent broadcaster, he is the Church of England's senior spokesman on communication issues.

[1] In June 2007, McCulloch considered taking legal action against Sony because of their PlayStation game Resistance: Fall of Man.

McCulloch also expressed concerns that a game that involved shooting people was set in Manchester Cathedral, given the city's history of gun crime.

[9] It was announced on 21 December 2010 that McCulloch had been granted special permission to remain in his role beyond his 70th birthday by the Archbishop of York, John Sentamu.

[10] On 20 February 2013, on his retirement as Lord High Almoner, the Queen invested McCulloch with the insignia of a Knight Commander of the Royal Victorian Order (KCVO).