Church Church of England Name Anne Hollinghurst Spouse Steve Hollinghurst | Denomination Anglican In office 2015–present Consecration September 29, 2015 | |
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Other posts Vicar of St Peter's Church, St Albans (2010–2015) Ordination 1996 (deacon)
1997 (priest) Diocese Anglican Diocese of Birmingham Alma mater Trinity College, Bristol, University of Bristol, Hughes Hall, Cambridge | ||
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Anne Elizabeth Hollinghurst (born 4 March 1964) is a Church of England bishop and former youth worker. Since September 2015, she has been the Bishop of Aston, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Birmingham. From 2010 to 2015, she was Vicar of St Peter's Church, St Albans.
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- Advent calendar dec 22 bishop anne hollinghurst bishop of aston
- International women s day 2016 bishop of aston anne hollinghurst iwd2016
- Early life
- Ordained ministry
- Episcopal ministry
- Personal life
- References
International women s day 2016 bishop of aston anne hollinghurst iwd2016
Early life
Hollinghurst was born on 4 March 1964 to William and Audrey Bailey. Her early experience of the Church of England was in the Liberal Catholic tradition.
Her first career was as a youth worker in suburban Sussex and then in inner-city Nottingham. She entered Trinity College, Bristol, an Evangelical Anglican theological college, to train for ordained ministry and graduated from the University of Bristol with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1996.
Ordained ministry
Hollinghurst was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 1996 and as a priest in 1997. From 1996 to 1999, she served her curacy at St Saviours in the Meadows, Nottingham. She shared this curacy with her husband, Steve Hollinghurst, who is also a Church of England priest. From 1999 to 2005, she was jointly the Anglican chaplain for the University of Derby and a chaplain of Derby Cathedral. During this time, she also lectured on religion and gender in the Religious Studies Department of Derby University.
In 2005, she moved to Manchester. She was appointed domestic chaplain to the Bishop of Manchester, Nigel McCulloch, and a residentiary canon of Manchester Cathedral. She completed a Master of Studies (MSt) degree at Hughes Hall, Cambridge in 2010. On 12 January 2010, she became Vicar of St Peter's Church, St Albans in the Diocese of St Albans. In 2011, she was elected a member of the House of Clergy of the St Albans General Synod.
Episcopal ministry
On 2 July 2015, Hollinghurst was announced as the next Bishop of Aston, a suffragan bishopric in the Diocese of Birmingham. On 29 September 2015, she was consecrated a bishop by Justin Welby, the Archbishop of Canterbury, during a service at St Paul's Cathedral, London. She is the 10th Bishop of Aston.
Personal life
Hollinghurst's research interests include feminist theology, gender and the language of God and Christian spirituality. Hollinghurst has contributed a chapter on Franciscan spirituality and nature to the book Earthed.
In 1984, she married Steve Hollinghurst. He is a priest in the Church of England who has worked with the Church Army since 2003. He is currently a part-time tutor for the Church Army and a freelance researcher, consultant and trainer in culture and mission.