Ford was
ordained in the
Church of England as a
deacon in 1979 and as a
priest in 1980. after which he was vicar of St Augustine's
Lee and then
domestic chaplain to the
Bishop of Horsham. From 1994 to 2000, he was a diocesan missioner for the
Diocese of Chichester. From 2000 to 2005, he was a
residentiary canon and
precentor of
Chichester Cathedral. He was
Bishop of Plymouth, a
suffragan bishop in the
Diocese of Exeter, from 2005 to 2013. From 2011 to 2013, he also held the position of
assistant bishop in the
Diocese of Truro. On 30 June 2013, Ford was announced as the next
diocesan bishop of the
Diocese of The Murray in
South Australia. He was installed as the fourth
Bishop of The Murray on 6 December 2013. He retired in 2019 and returned to England to live in the Diocese of Chichester. He had
permission to officiate in the
Diocese in Europe. ==Roman Catholic Church==