Richard Coles Biography

Richard Coles is an English musician, journalist, and Church of England parish priest who was born on March 26, 1962, in Northampton, United Kingdom as Richard Keith Robert Coles FRSA FKC. Now, vicar of Finedon in Northamptonshire, Richard was formerly the multi-instrumentalist who partnered with Jimmy Somerville in the 1980s band the Communards. They achieved 3 top 10 hits, including the No. 1 record and best-selling single of 1986, a dance version of “Don’t Leave Me This Way”.

Richard frequently appears on radio and television and in newspapers and, in March 2011, became the regular host of BBC Radio 4’s Saturday Live program.

Richard is a regular contributor to QI, Would I Lie to You? and Have I Got News for You. Richard is an author, Chancellor of the University of Northampton, Honorary Chaplain to the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers, as well as a patron of the social housing project Great well Homes in Wellingborough.

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10 Facts  About Richard Coles

1. Name: Richard Keith Robert Coles
2. Age:  59 years
3. Birthday: March 26th
4. Height: 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m)
5. Weight: 68 kgs (149.6 lbs).
6. Nationality: English
7. Occupation: Musician, journalist, and Church of England parish priest
8. Marital Status: Single
9. Salary: Under Review
10. Net worth: $1 to 2o Million

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 Richard Coles Age

Richard is 59 years old as of 202, he was born on March 26, 1962, in Northampton, United Kingdom as Richard Keith Robert Coles FRSA FKC. He celebrates his birthday on March 26, every year. His birth sign is Aries.

 Richard Coles Height

Richard stands at a height of 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall and he has a weight of 68 kgs (149.6 lbs).

Richard Coles Education

Richard was enrolled at the independent Wellingborough School and later joined the South Warwickshire College of Further Education (Department of Drama & the Liberal Arts) in Stratford-upon-Avon. He later joined King’s College London where he studied theology in 1990, Richard earned an MA by research from the University of Leeds in the year 2005 for work on the Greek text of the Epistle to the Ephesians.

Richard Coles Family

Coles’s grandfather was a prosperous shoe manufacturer, the company later failed under Coles’s father because of the increasing popularity of cheaper foreign imports, and the family lost much of their wealth. He was raised along with his older brother, Andy Coles, a former Metropolitan Police officer, who was elected in 2015 as a Conservative councilor in Peterborough and appointed deputy Cambridgeshire Police and Crime Commissioner in 2016.

Richard Coles Wife

Richards lived together with his civil partner, the Reverend David Coles, in a celibate relationship until the latter’s death in December 2019. Following the death, Coles says he had got a hate mail claiming that his partner is in hell. The Church of England has allowed priests to enter a civil partnership since 2005.

Richard Coles Salary

At the moment, we do not have the exact salary of Richards but we’ll keep tabs and update once it is available.

Richard Coles Net Worth

Richards has an estimated net worth of $1 million – $5 million dollars as of 2022. This includes his assets, money, and income. His primary source of income is his career as a musician, journalist, and Church of England parish priest. Through his various sources of income, Richards has been able to accumulate a good fortune but prefers to lead a modest lifestyle.

Richard Coles Measurements and Facts

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Richard Coles Wiki

• Full Names: Richard Keith Robert Coles FRSA FKC.
• Popular As: musician, journalist, and Church of England parish priest
• Gender: Male
• Occupation / Profession: musician, journalist, and Church of England parish priest
• Nationality: English
• Race / Ethnicity: Not Available
• Religion: Not Known
• Sexual Orientation: Straight

Richard Coles Birthday

• Age / How Old?: 59 years old as of 2022
• Zodiac Sign: Not Available
• Date of Birth: March 26, 1962
• Place of Birth: Northampton
• Birthday: March 26, every year

Richard Coles Body Measurements

• Body Measurements: Not Available
• Height / How Tall?: 6 feet 1 inch (1.85 m) tall
• Weight: 68 kgs (149.6 lbs).
• Eye Color:  Not Available
• Hair Color: Not Available
• Shoe Size: Not Available

Richard Coles Family and Relationship

• Father (Dad):  Not Known
• Mother: Not Known
• Siblings (Brothers): Andy Coles
• Marital Status: Married or Single
• Husband/Spouse: David Coles (né Oldham) (d. 2019)
• Dating / Girlfriend: Not available.
• Children: Not available.

Richard Coles Net Worth and Salary

• Net Worth: $1 million – $5 million dollars
• Salary: Under Review
• Source of Income: musician, journalist, and Church of England parish priest

Richard Coles Music

Coles learned how to play the saxophone, clarinet, and keyboards and later relocated to London in 1980 where he played in the theatre. In 1983 he was featured with Jimmy Somerville in the Lesbian and Gay Youth Video Project film Framed Youth: The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts, which earned the Grierson Award. Coles later joined Bronski Beat in 1983.  Somerville left Bronski Beat and he and Coles formed The Communards in 1994. The duo for just over three years and had three UK Top 10 hits, including the biggest-selling single of 1986, a version of “Don’t Leave Me This Way”, which was ranked 1st 1 for four weeks. They split in the year 1988 and Somerville went solo.

Richard Coles Ministry and Vicar

He became a Christian in his late twenties, after “the best of times, the worst of times”, pop success, and the deaths of friends due to HIV. From the year 1991 to 1994 he studied for a BA in theology at King’s College London. While at university, he became a Roman Catholic and remained so for the next ten years before joining Anglicanism in 2001.

He got to be selected to train for the priesthood in the Church of England and began his training at the College of the Resurrection, Mirfield, West Yorkshire, in 2003 before his ordination in 2005.  After ordination, he was a curate at St Botolph’s Church in Boston, Lincolnshire as well as then at St Paul’s Church, Knightsbridge in London. He was also a chaplain of the Royal Academy of Music and has also played Dr. Frank N Furter in a local concert and conducted an atheist funeral for Mo Mowlam in the year 2005.

All Saints’ Day Darton, Longman, as well as Todd published his book Lives of the Improbable Saints, illustrated by Ted Harrison, a précis of the life stories of nearly 200 lesser-known saints on 1 November 2012. The year after, volume two, Legends of the Improbable Saints, followed. He has been on the board of Wellingborough Homes, a social enterprise giving omes and community support for the Borough of Wellingborough, and after its name change to Great well Homes became its Patron.

Richard Coles Broadcasting and media

Coles currently works as a broadcaster, which he describes as “just showing off”, as well as Nightwaves on Radio 3, which he formerly presented, and Newsnight Review on BBC Two. He has been on the Radio 4 panel game show Heresy twice; firstly in May 2008, then in May 2010. Coles has guest appeared five times on the topical television news quiz Have I Got News for You, in 1994, May 2009, May 2013, April 2016, and June 2017.

He later presented a special edition of Songs of Praise in January 2010. He was as well a guest on the Children in Need special of the BBC quiz Only Connect in November of the same year. In the year 2011, he presented a four-part Radio 3 series called Out in the World: A Global Gay History. He was featured as the subject of Fern Britton Meets. on BBC1 in December 2014. Richard has appeared regularly in the “Pause for Thought” slot on Radio 2’s The Chris Evans Breakfast Show, for which he won a Jerusalem Award in the year 2014.

He was a guest panelist on the Christmas special of the eleventh series of the BBC1 comedy quiz Would I Lie To You?, on the 18th of December 2017, hosted by Rob Brydon. He was the captain of the team from the University of Leeds who was series champions on the BBC’s Christmas 2019 University Challenge.

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