"William Paul Colton" is the Church of Ireland's Bishop of Cork, Cloyne and Ross. He is now perhaps best known for being the priest who officiated at the wedding of footballer David Beckham and Spice girl Victoria Beckham/Victoria Adams on 4 July 1999 at the medieval Luttrellstown Castle on the outskirts of Dublin.

He attended St Luke's National School, Douglas, Cork, Cork Grammar School and Ashton Comprehensive School, Cork before being awarded a scholarship to the Lester B Pearson College of the Pacific, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada where he completed the International Baccalaureate in 1978. He studied law at University College, Cork (part of the National University of Ireland) and Theology at Trinity College, Dublin. In 1987 he completed the degree of Master in Philosophy (Ecumenics) at Trinity College, Dublin and a Master of Laws at Cardiff University in 2006. In 2013 he completed, and was conferred with, a PhD in Law also at Cardiff University.

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