Richard Coles

Quick Facts

Full Name	Richard Coles
Occupation	Religious Leader
Date Of Birth	Mar 26, 1962(1962-03-26)
Age	62
Birthplace	Northampton
Country	United Kingdom
Birth City	England
Horoscope	Pisces

Richard Coles Biography

Richard Coles is one of the most popular and richest Religious Leader who was born on March 26, 1962 in Northampton, England, United Kingdom. An English journalist, musician, and priest. He is best known for being a part of the multi-instrumentalist group the Communards, which achieved three Top Ten hits. His numerous appearances on television and radio are also notable.

He was a member the Communards and performed with As a member of the Communards, he performed alongside Sarah Jane Morris and Jimmy Somerville., Jimmy Somerville.

Coles is openly gay. The first person Coles came out to was his mother in 1978 when he was 16. He played her Tom Robinson’s “Glad to Be Gay” four times before she said “Darling, are you trying to tell me something?” Coles has spoken about the ‘mental crisis’ he suffered following his coming out, which ultimately lead to him attempting suicide, and being diagnosed with clinical depression.

Coles had learned to play the saxophone, clarinet and keyboards and moved to London in 1980, where he played in theatre. In 1983 he appeared with Jimmy Somerville in the Lesbian and Gay Youth Video Project film Framed Youth: The Revenge of the Teenage Perverts, which won the Grierson Award. Coles joined Bronski Beat (initially on saxophone) in 1983.

He was born in Northampton, England and raised there.

Richard Coles Net Worth

Richard Coles is one of the richest Religious Leader from United Kingdom. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Richard Coles 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

King’s College, London was where he studied theology during the 1990s. In 2005, he was awarded an MA in Research from the University of Leeds for his work on the Epistle of the Ephesians’ Greek text. He was a child of music and learned to play the clarinet, keyboards, and saxophone.

He is also openly homosexual and lives with the Reverend David Coles, his civil partner.

Richard Keith Robert Coles (born 26 March 1962) is an English musician, journalist and Church of England parish priest. Now vicar of Finedon in Northamptonshire, he was formerly the multi-instrumentalist who partnered Jimmy Somerville in the 1980s band The Communards. They achieved three Top Ten hits, including the No. 1 record and best-selling single of 1986, a dance version of “Don’t Leave Me This Way”.

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Who is Richard Coles Dating?

According to our records, Richard Coles married to David Oldham. As of December 1, 2023, Richard Coles’s is not dating anyone.

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Coles still works as a broadcaster, which he describes as “just showing off”, including Nightwaves on Radio 3, which he formerly presented, and Newsnight Review on BBC Two. He has appeared on the Radio 4 panel game show Heresy twice; first in May 2008, then in May 2010. Rev Coles has appeared five times as a guest on the topical television news quiz Have I Got News for You, in 1994, May 2009, May 2013, April 2016 and June 2017. He presented a special edition of Songs of Praise in January 2010. He was a guest on the Children in Need special of the BBC quiz Only Connect in November of the same year. In 2011 he presented a four-part Radio 3 series called Out in the World: A Global Gay History.

Facts & Trivia

Richard Ranked on the list of most popular Religious Leader. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United Kingdom. Richard Coles celebrates birthday on March 26 of every year.

From 2011, Coles has been on the board of Wellingborough Homes, a social enterprise providing housing and community support for the Borough of Wellingborough, and after its name change to Greatwell Homes became its Patron. In 2012, he was awarded an honorary doctorate by the University of Northampton and also became a fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2016, he was awarded an honorary DLitt by the University of Warwick. In 2019 he was appointed Honorary Chaplain to the Worshipful Company of Leathersellers.

Where is Richard Coles today?

Coles still works as a broadcaster , which he describes as “just showing off”, including Nightwaves on Radio 3, which he formerly presented, and Newsnight Review on BBC Two.

Is Richard Coles Catholic or Protestant?

After a while, I realized that I actually didn’t, and felt that there were constraints on living a life of integrity. I stopped being a Roman Catholic and returned to being Anglican, and discovered I was more Anglican than I thought I was.

What instrument did Richard Coles play in The Communards?

Coles, 57, was the keyboard player in the 80s band The Communards and is now vicar of Finedon, Northamptonshire.

Who was in The Communards?

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Is Richard Coles moving parishes?

He is one of the most famous vicars in the UK but in just over a month’s time the Reverend Richard Coles will retire from parish duties at his church in rural Northamptonshire , and instead volunteer with prisoners.