Andrew Rumsey

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The Right Reverend

Andrew Rumsey
Bishop of Ramsbury
Church Church of England
Diocese Diocese of Salisbury
In office2019 to present
Predecessor Ed Condry
Orders
Ordination1997 (deacon)
1998 (priest)
Consecration25 January 2019
by  Justin Welby
Personal details
Born1968 (age 55–56)
Denomination Anglicanism
Spouse
Rebecca
​
(m. 1998)​
Children3
Alma mater University of Reading
Ridley Hall, Cambridge
King's College London

Andrew Paul Rumsey (born 1968) is a British Anglican bishop. Since January 2019, he has served as the Bishop of Ramsbury in the Church of England.

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Early life and education

Rumsey was born in 1968 in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England. [1] [2] He studied history at the University of Reading, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1989. [3] He trained for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge, [4] and graduated with a Master of Arts (MA) degree in pastoral theology in 1998. [2] He later undertook a Doctor of Theology and Ministry (DThMin) at King's College London, which he completed in 2016. [4] His doctoral thesis was titled "What kind of place is the Anglican parish? A theological description". [5]

Ordained ministry

Rumsey was ordained in the Church of England: made deacon at Petertide 1997 (26 June) by Richard Chartres, Bishop of London, at St Paul's Cathedral; [6] and ordained priest the Petertide following (5 July 1998), by Graham Dow, Bishop of Willesden, at St Martin's Church, Ruislip. [7] From 2011 to 2018, he was Rector of St Mary's Church, Oxted in the Diocese of Southwark. [1]

In October 2018, he was announced as the next Bishop of Ramsbury, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Salisbury. [8] [9] On 25 January 2019, he was consecrated a bishop by Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, during a service at Southwark Cathedral. [10] He was welcomed into the diocese as the 17th Bishop of Ramsbury during Evensong at Salisbury Cathedral on 26 January 2019. [10]

Rumsey has created several series of short video reflections on the theology of place, entitled Going to Ground, which are available on YouTube. [11] The first series began in March 2020, at a time of national lockdown due to the COVID-19 epidemic. Many of the videos are recorded on the grounds of church buildings in and around Wiltshire, while others are recorded in the natural rural environment.

In an interview following his consecration as Bishop of Ramsbury, Rumsey stated that Evensong is his favourite form of church service. [12]

Rumsey has written several books, most recently English Grounds in 2021, published by SCM Press. [13]

Views

In November 2023, he was one of 44 Church of England bishops who signed an open letter supporting the use of the Prayers of Love and Faith (i.e. blessings for same-sex couples) and called for "Guidance being issued without delay that includes the removal of all restrictions on clergy entering same-sex civil marriages, and on bishops ordaining and licensing such clergy". [14]

Also in 2023, Rumsey took part in a ceremony to bless the River Marden as a sentient being, together with Kate Dineen, a shamanic practitioner. The event is to be repeated in March 2024. [15]

Personal life

In 1998, Rumsey married Rebecca. [2] Together they have three children; two daughters and one son. [8] [2]

Selected works

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Ramsbury, Bishop Suffragan of, (Rt Rev. Dr Andrew Paul Rumsey) (born 11 Feb. 1968)". Who's Who 2024 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2023. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  3. ↑ "Ramsbury, Bishop Suffragan of, (Rt Rev. Dr Andrew Paul Rumsey) (born 11 Feb. 1968)." WHO'S WHO & WHO WAS WHO. 1 Dec. 2019
  4. 1 2 "Andrew Paul Rumsey" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  5. ↑ Rumsey, Andrew (September 2015). What kind of place is the Anglican parish? A theological description (PDF) (DThMin thesis). King's College London. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
  6. ↑ "Ordinations" . Church Times . No. 7013. 11 July 1997. p. 6. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 15 July 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
  7. ↑ "Ordinations" . Church Times . No. 7065. 10 July 1998. p. 17. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 15 July 2019– via UK Press Online archives.
  8. 1 2 Ford, Michael (22 October 2018). "New Bishop of Ramsbury Announced". www.salisbury.anglican.org. Diocese of Salisbury. Archived from the original on 1 December 2021. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  9. ↑ "Queen appoints Suffragan Bishop of Ramsbury". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 22 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  10. 1 2 Ford, Michael (25 January 2019). "The new Bishop of Ramsbury is ordained and consecrated". Diocese of Salisbury. Retrieved 1 February 2019.
  11. ↑ "Andrew Rumsey - YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  12. ↑ "Andrew Rumsey - Learning the Dialect". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 1 December 2021.
  13. ↑ "English Grounds A Pastoral Journal by Andrew Rumsey - Hardback - 9780334061144". scmpress.hymnsam.co.uk. Retrieved 4 December 2021.
  14. ↑ Martin, Francis (1 November 2023). "Don't delay guidance allowing priests to be in same-sex marriages, say 44 bishops". Church Times. Archived from the original on 2 November 2023. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  15. ↑ Moriarty, Jessica (12 March 2024). "Blessing to take place on Wiltshire's river Marden". Wiltshire Times. Retrieved 21 September 2024.
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