Andy Bowerman | |
|---|---|
| Dean of Bradford | |
| Church | Church of England |
| Diocese | Bradford |
| In office | June 2022 – present |
| Predecessor | Jerry Lepine |
| Orders | |
| Ordination | 2002 (priest) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Andrew Bowerman 1967 (age 57–58) |
| Denomination | Anglicanism |
Andy Bowerman (born July 1967) is a British Anglican priest. Since 2022, he has served as Dean of Bradford.
Bowerman was born in July 1967. [1] In the mid-1990s he lived with his wife Ali in Pakistan supporting refugees and those vulnerable to HIV/AIDS, while also supporting house churches. On his return to the United Kingdom, he worked for a national disability charity. [2]
He was ordained in Bradford Cathedral in 2002 after serving as a curate at St Augustine's, Undercliffe, and also served as a mission priest in the city. He served as the chaplain to Bradford City F.C. between 2004 and 2009, and ran the Vicar's Café Bistro in Saltaire. [3] He then became team rector of Wareham in Dorset, and subsequently served as executive director of the Anglican Alliance, while also ministering to parishes in Somerset. [4] He also served for eleven seasons as chaplain to Southampton F.C. [2] In 2018, he took up a position in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates, as a licensed priest of the Diocese of Cyprus and the Gulf and as the South Asia Regional Director of the Mission to Seafarers. [4]
After being appointed Dean of Bradford, he was installed as Dean on 19 June 2022. [2]
As of 2022, Bowerman is married to Ali, with four children and one grandson; they have also fostered twenty foster children. [2]
