Bev Mason

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The Right Reverend

Bev Mason
Bishop of Warrington (on leave)
Church Church of England
Diocese Diocese of Liverpool
In office2018 to present
Predecessor Richard Blackburn
Other post(s) Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven (2016–2018)
Orders
Ordination2001 (deacon)
2003 (priest)
Consecration18 October 2018
by  John Sentamu
Personal details
Born
Beverley Anne Mason

August 1960 (age 64)
NationalityBritish
Denomination Anglicanism
Alma mater Trinity College, Bristol

Beverley Anne Mason (called Bev; [1] [2] [3] [4] born August 1960) is a British Anglican bishop who was appointed Bishop of Warrington, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Liverpool, in 2018. After parish ministry in the Dioceses of Rochester, Southwark and Bradford, her final post before becoming a bishop was as the Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven in the Diocese of Leeds from 2016 to 2018. [5]

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Early life and education

Mason was born in August 1960, [6] in Germany. She trained for ordained ministry at Trinity College, Bristol, an evangelical Anglican theological college. [7] During this time, she also studied theology and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 2000. [8] After a further year of training, she left theological college to be ordained. [9]

Ordained ministry

Mason was ordained in the Church of England as a deacon in 2001 and as a priest in 2003. [9] She served curacies at St Paul's Church, Rusthall (2001 to 2002) and St Margaret's Church, Rainham (2002 to 2005) in the Diocese of Rochester. [8] [9] She was then Vicar of the Church of St John the Evangelist, Upper Norwood in the Diocese of Southwark from 2005 to 2012. [9] [2] She was additionally Area Dean of Croydon North between 2010 and 2012. [9]

In 2012, Mason moved to Yorkshire, having been appointed Priest-in-Charge of Church of All Saints, Bingley in the Diocese of Bradford. [9] [10] She was made Vicar of All Saints a year later. [9] She was announced as the next Archdeacon of Richmond and Craven of the Diocese of Leeds in September 2015, and left All Saints at the end of 2015. [11] She took up the appointment of archdeacon in 2016. [8]

Episcopal ministry

On 24 July 2018, Mason was announced as the next Bishop of Warrington, a suffragan bishop in the Diocese of Liverpool. [12] She was consecrated as a bishop at York Minster by John Sentamu, Archbishop of York, on 18 October 2018. [13] She was officially welcomed into the diocese during a service at Liverpool Cathedral on 17 November 2018. [14] In the vacancy following Paul Bayes' retirement, Mason became acting diocesan Bishop of Liverpool. [1]

In April 2024, it was stated that she was away from the diocese and not carrying out any engagements, for reasons not thought related to her health. [15] In January 2025, it was made public that John Perumbalath, Bishop of Liverpool, had been accused by one woman of sexual assault and by a female bishop of sexual harassment, [16] and he retired. Mason then stated in a pastoral letter to the Diocese of Liverpool that she was the female bishop in question. [17] [18] [19]

In April 2025, while still on leave from the Diocese of Liverpool, Mason was appointed an honorary assistant bishop of the Diocese of St Asaph, part of the Church in Wales. [20] [21] In an statement on the Diocese of Liverpool's website she remarked: "I look forward with hope to a restored and renewed ministry in the Province of the Church in Wales. [...] I remain Bishop of Warrington as I continue to wait and push for a proper resolution to my unhappy situation. Today [4 April 2025], it is 574 days since I exercised an episcopal ministry.". [22]

References

  1. 1 2 "Bishop Paul announces retirement". Diocese of Liverpool. 1 July 2021. Archived from the original on 13 March 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 "Bishop of Warrington Biography". Diocese of Liverpool. Archived from the original on 28 January 2021. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "Bishop of Warrington". Diocese of Liverpool. Archived from the original on 2 January 2022. Retrieved 17 May 2022.
  4. ↑ Twitter profile — Bev Mason (Accessed 17 May 2022)
  5. ↑ "Beverley Mason | The Diocese of Leeds". westyorkshiredales.anglican.org. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  6. ↑ "Beverley Anne MASON personal appointments". company-information.service.gov.uk. Companies House. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  7. ↑ 'MASON, Beverley Anne', Who's Who 2017 , A & C Black, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing plc, 2017; online edn, Oxford University Press, 2016; online edn, November 2016 accessed 27 September 2017
  8. 1 2 3 "Mason, Beverley Anne". Who's Who 2018 . Oxford University Press. 1 December 2017. doi:10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U286273.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Beverley Anne Mason" . Crockford's Clerical Directory (online ed.). Church House Publishing . Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  10. ↑ "Bishop of Warrington Biography". Diocese of Liverpool. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  11. ↑ "Campaigning vicar leaves Bingley for higher role". Bradford Telegraph and Argus. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  12. ↑ "Queen appoints new Suffragan Bishop of Warrington". GOV.UK. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  13. ↑ "Consecration of the new Bishop of Warrington". The Archbishop Of York. 18 October 2018. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
  14. ↑ "Ven Beverley Mason to be the next Bishop of Warrington". Diocese Of Liverpool. 24 July 2018. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
  15. ↑ "UK news in brief". Church Times. 5 April 2024. Archived from the original on 18 May 2024. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  16. ↑ Cathy Newman (29 January 2025). "Exclusive: Church Abuse Scandal: Bishop accuses bishop of sexual harassment". Channel 4 News. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  17. ↑ Madeleine Davies [@MadsDavies] (30 January 2025). "The Bishop of Warrington, the Rt Revd Bev Mason, has written a pastoral letter stating that she is the woman bishop who raised concerns about the Bishop of Liverpool. [Image]" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  18. ↑ Eastham, Janet (30 January 2025). "Bishop of Warrington made sexual harassment claim against Bishop of Liverpool". The Telegraph. Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  19. ↑ "Bishop of Warrington breaks silence over Perumbalath allegations" . Church Times . 30 January 2025. ISSN   0009-658X . Retrieved 30 January 2025.
  20. ↑ "Two New Honorary Assistant Bishops for the Diocese of St Asaph". Diocese St. Asaph. 17 April 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  21. ↑ "Bishop of Warrington thanks St Asaph for 'new vista' after 'interminable' leave from Liverpool". Church Times. Archived from the original on 24 May 2025. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
  22. ↑ Abbott, Ryan (4 April 2025). "Bishop Bev is to be Made an Hon Asst Bishop at St Asaph at the Chrism Mass on Maundy Thursday". Diocese of Liverpool. Retrieved 24 May 2025.
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