Andy Emerton

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The Right Reverend

Andy Emerton
Bishop of Sherwood
Church Church of England
Diocese Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham
In office2020–present
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Born
Andrew Neil Emerton

1972 (age 51–52)
NationalityBritish
Denomination Anglicanism

Andrew Neil Emerton (born 1972) is a British Anglican bishop. Since September 2020, he has been Bishop of Sherwood in the Church of England.

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Early life and education

Emerton grew up in Guilden Sutton near Chester, Cheshire. He studied at the University of York, graduating with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) degree in 1993. He then continued his studies at The Queen's College, Oxford and the Faculty of Physical Sciences, University of Oxford, graduating with a Doctor of Philosophy (DPhil) degree in 1996. [1] His doctoral thesis was titled "Lattice-gas automata models of self-assembling amphiphilic systems". [2]

Emerton earned experience of Christian ministry as a youth pastor at St Saviours Church, Guildford between 1998 and 2002. [3] He trained for ordination at Ridley Hall, Cambridge from 2002 to 2005. [1] He studied for a Bachelor of Theology (BTh) degree at Downing College, Cambridge, graduating in 2005. [1]

Ordained ministry

Emerton was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2005 and as a priest in 2006. [1] He served his curacy at Holy Trinity Brompton (HTB) from 2005 to 2007. [1] From 2008 to 2020, he was director of St Paul's Theological Centre, a centre for theological learning based at HTB. From 2008 to 2016, he was additionally assistant dean at St Mellitus College, a non-residential theological college of the Dioceses of London and Chelmsford. He then served as dean (ie head) of St Mellitus College from to 2016 to 2020. [3] [1] Further to his theological college appointments, he held permission to officiate in the Diocese of Chelmsford from 2008 to 2020. [1]

In March 2020, he was announced as the next Bishop of Sherwood, the suffragan bishop of the Diocese of Southwell and Nottingham: his consecration as a bishop was scheduled for 21 May 2020. [1] [4] [5] [6] [7] That service being postponed because of the coronavirus pandemic, he was instead licensed as "Bishop of Sherwood (designate)" on 1 July. [8] He was consecrated a bishop during a service on 21 September at York Minster: the principal consecrator was Paul Butler, Bishop of Durham rather than Stephen Cottrell, Archbishop of York; Butler was assisted by Sarah Mullally, Bishop of London, and Paul Williams, Bishop of Southwell and Nottingham. [9]

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References

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  2. ↑ Emerton, Andrew N. (2019). "Full View of Record: Lattice-gas automata models of self-assembling amphiphilic systems". SOLO. Bodleian Libraries. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  3. 1 2 "The Revd Dr (Andy) Andrew Neil EMERTON BSc, BTh, MA, DPhil". The Church of England Year Book. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  4. ↑ "Suffragan See of Sherwood: 11 March 2020". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  5. ↑ "St Mellitus' Dean Andy Emerton announced as next Bishop of Sherwood". Diocese of London. 11 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  6. ↑ "Andy Emerton". SPTC. St Paul’s Theological Centre. 2 May 2019. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  7. ↑ "Dean of pioneering training college to be new Bishop of Sherwood". Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham. 11 March 2020. Archived from the original on 12 March 2020. Retrieved 11 March 2020.
  8. ↑ @andyemerton (1 July 2020). "Successfully licensed as Bishop of Sherwood designate on zoom this morning, brilliant to be welcomed so warmly to t…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ↑ "Two new Bishops to be consecrated in two services taking place at York Minster". Diocese of Southwell & Nottingham. 3 August 2020. Archived from the original on 21 September 2020. Retrieved 12 August 2020.
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